How would a $300,000 bill of costs go over in Virginia?

In the Lowe's Motor Speedway collapsed pedestrian bridge case, the trial court judge reduced the plaintiffs' counsel's request for costs of more than $355,000 to $21,475.13, according to this report. The article quotes defense counsel as saying "I have never seen a bill of cost that approached even $100,000, much less $300,000."