Montreal offered to host the Houston Dallas series, that eventually went to Tampa Bay. The average attendance was 5000 per game.
They again offered to host the New York Tampa series, which is going to go to New York instead.
The reason the MLB cited, was that there were more hotel rooms to work with in NY.
I doubt Montreal ever gets the Expos back. The specter of Selig is still strong at the MLB offices.
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