Arena Monterrey

Inside a bustling commercial glass works is a fascinating museum that features stunningly beautiful works of hand-spun glass. Some craft glass pieces are also for sale in the gift shop.

Century old train station houses a railroad museum (naturally) as well as a library and offices of the Cultural Ministry. An old wooden caboose is the coolest exhibit, and visitors can enter the caboose and see how train crews would have lived while riding the rails. The railroad exhibit contains numerous exhibits including tools, signals, uniforms, and equipment used to maintain the railway.

Contemporary artist James Turrell has created a series of "light sculptures" called "Skyspaces" in various cities. In Monterrey, Turrell's light sculpture is on the grounds of Tecnologico de Monterrey. Come at sunset and sit quietly as the sun sets, spilling rays of golden and red light across the concrete and stone surfaces. Occasionally musical accompaniment is provided. Attendance at the sunset events is free, but requires registration via the web site which assigns a timed entry. Visitors are requested to maintain silence and refrain from eating, drinking, smoking or doing anything to disturb their fellow peace-loving observers.

Monterrey is a historic beer brewing center, whose beers are household names around the world. The historic 19th-century brewery is now used primarily for offices, with actual production happening in the modern plant across Avenida Cuahtemoc. Their outdoor beer garden is open daily to welcome visitors to sit down under the towering oak trees while enjoying free samples of Carta Blanca, Dos Equis, Bohemia, Sol, or one of the other beers brewed here. Tours of the brewery are available only by advance appointment.

Modern baseball stadium that is home of the Sultanes de Monterrey, the local Mexican League hometown favorites. The Sultanes also field a team in the Pacific League, which is a winter league, so you can catch a game throughout much of the year. Built in 1990 to seat over 40,000 the stadium is today configured for a crowd of about 21,000. It also hosts large concert events under the never commonly used venue name "Walmart Park".

Home of the UANL Tigres, a top-tier professional soccer team playing in the Liga MX. Known locally as El Volcan, the stadium was built in 1967 and seats about 41,000 fans (originally 52,000). A new stadium is under construction, also on the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) campus.