Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey is a stadium in Monterrey, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Monterrey Sultanes Mexican League baseball team. It opened in 1990 and holds 27,000 people. In 1996, it also hosted a three games series between the San Diego Padres and New York Mets, marking the first time major league baseball was played in Mexico. It was also the site of a Opening Day game between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres in April 1999. The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ... Baseball is popular in the Americas and East Asia. ... // Mexican Baseball It is a Class Triple A League. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. ... // Franchise history In 1957 the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants abandoned New York for California, leaving the largest city in the United States without a National League franchise. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. ...