Officials from the city and the 2015 Pan Am Games are anxious to paint a picture of swelling economic spinoff, and an influx of outside cash and crowds as a result of the international sporting event.

But Nirmit Patel knows better.

Patel owns Welcome Mart, a convenience store at the corner of Barton and Gage streets. He's one block away from the CIBC Stadium, where Pan Am soccer matches are held.

'All I see is buses going in and buses going out.'
- Nirmit Patel, business owner
Patel believed the hype enough to install a $4,000 food counter. He wanted to serve Jamaican patties, wraps and submarine sandwiches to Pan Am goers.

But like other entrepreneurs around the stadium, Patel said the crowds haven't come. Most say they've seen no increase