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When the Pan Am games roll into town, Hamilton will turn into “soccer city.”

Tim Hortons Field will be transformed into the CIBC Hamilton Pan Am soccer stadium as 16 teams hit the field vying for a gold medal finish.

With the games just a few weeks away excitement is building.

Saturday’s soccer game at Central Park was supposed to be a friendly game but you wouldn’t know based on the fierce competition.

The soccer match is just one of 100 organized events ahead of the Pan Am games.

As the Pan Am games approach ticket sales are starting to pick up.

More than 400 thousand tickets have been sold.