 Analysts of the bonds sale soon publicized that—with interest compounding over 40 years—the total cost to the county to repay them would rise to $2.4 billion.As the Miami media and bloggers circulated reports of the staggering fiscal numbers, construction began with a ground-breaking ceremony on July 18, 2009.The 2009 election for the next mayor of Miami became a race between two candidates on opposing sides of the controversial stadium vote.