Tim Hortons Field promised ready by Labour Day

(Updated)

Officials with Infrastructure Ontario touted the installation of the playing field as a major milestone in the $145.7 million project.

It’s where all 32 soccer competitions for the 2015 Pan Am games will be held. It’s also going to be home to the Hamilton Ticats when they get possession. The August home game is still uncertain.

“As far as the Labour Day game is concerned we are confident we will be there,” says Jean-Louis Fuz of Ontario Sports Solutions.

Officials say there are 500 workers on site. Even thought it doesn’t look like there’s much going on from the outside there’s lots of activity inside.

“The bulk of the work is being done inside the stadium, they’re installing mechanical and electrical systems, commissioning them,” says John McKendrick of Infrastructure Ontario.

But an inside source told CHCH News that there’s no way this stadium will be done by September. They say the washrooms aren’t even close to being done, the food courts wont be completed and the railings going up are just temporary. The source said quote, “it’s a nightmare.”

The project is worth $129 million to Ontario Sports Solutions, but the government is holding back much of that money as an incentive to get the job done.

The Pan Am games are July 7 to 26th, 2015.