Yesterday's parade celebrating the Steelers' sixth Super Bowl win cost the city $79,500, Public Safety Director Michael Huss said today.

That figure is dwarfed by the $500,000 cost of the Sunday night deployment of police aimed at maintaining order after the victory, he said.

"I believe that the parade was a huge success from a safety and security standpoint," said Mr. Huss, noting that there were no arrests and just four incidents that required paramedics. He said that lack of incidents was "both a compliment to the people who participated and the officers who worked the detail."

He characterized the parade as an improvement over the more cramped version held in 2006. Keys were the longer route along wider roads, and the extensive use of barricades, many on loan, free of charge, from surrounding counties. The city now has a template it can draw on for future events.

The cost figures cited for both the parade and the night of the game include the salaries of employees who would have normally been on duty, plus the overtime costs associated with added manpower.

Some employees, particularly on the Redd Up Crew, worked 30 hours nonstop to set up, man, and then clean up after the parade, he said. "I think the Department of Public Works did a wonderful job working throughout the night putting up fencing."

The parade utilized 258 police officers, versus 653 assigned to work Sunday night. Other agencies pitched in, too. The state police, for instance, dedicated around two dozen troopers to the parade, and 85 to Sunday night's efforts.