New York ? Add the city of Monterrey, Mexico, to the list of places trying to lure the Montreal Expos for the 2004 season.

Carlos Bremer, chief executive officer of the Value Grupo Financiero, led a group that submitted a bid to Major League Baseball Friday hoping to play host to all of the team’s 81 home games next year.

In 1999, San Diego and Colorado played the major-league season-opener before a sellout crowd of 27,104 at Monterrey.