The Monitor and www.themonitor.com continue to enjoy a very strong position in Hidalgo County, TX as the leading daily newspaper and leading newspaper.com website. The Monitor has served the upper Rio Grande Valley since 1909. Many single copy buyers of The Monitor are Mexican National Tourists who come to shop in McAllen, TX, a shopping hub for 10 million people within a 200-mile radius. The 200-mile shopping radius includes the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon and the city of Monterrey, Mexico. According to Texas Real Estate Business archives, La Plaza in McAllen remains one of Simon Property Group’s highest grossing retail malls (per square foot) in the United States, boasting average sales of more than $650 per square foot. The mall is anchored by Dillard’s, Sears, JC Penney, Macy’s, and Joe Brand and is known to generate over 18 million visitors annually.