 The MTA estimated that the project would cost $91 million, including $52 million that it will provide and $39 million that will be provided by New York City.The MTA paid for the new station with $40 million from an account set aside to build a new subway connection to LaGuardia Airport that was canceled due to local community opposition, and $5 million from an existing account that had money set aside for new Yankee Stadium station in prior budgets.It opened on May 21, 2009, a month after the new Yankee Stadium's opening on April 2.