Good news! Also said it would be next to the Saints facility.Quote:
@FletcherMackel
Dell Demps on NBA TV: if our new practice facility isn't the biggest in the NBA, it'll be the 2nd biggest and ready next year.
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Good news! Also said it would be next to the Saints facility.Quote:
@FletcherMackel
Dell Demps on NBA TV: if our new practice facility isn't the biggest in the NBA, it'll be the 2nd biggest and ready next year.
Hell yea!!!!! The guys deserve it! So amped now.
Benson.... making it happen!
Damn that was fast lol
Hornets are further entrenching themselves into the city every day, love it.
Where is this supposed to be built at tho?
Sweeeeeeeet
I believe PurpleHornet came up with this graphic back when the speculation on where they could put it came out
http://i40.tinypic.com/4zxgds.jpg
ALso said this was the last year we'd be at Alario. SO it should be ready by next year? Oh hells yeah!
was hoping it'd be downtown but in the end really doesn't matter as long as it's top-knotch, and clearly there's a big benefit having it adjacent to the saints facility.
earhart will shoot the players out there pretty quick.
Can't wait to go to CiCi's and watch the construction.
I still don't see why people care. It's not like the practice facility was going to host events or anything. It would be just another building people look at and wonder what it's like inside.
Don't seem like anyone complains about the Saints facility being on Airline so why not put the Hornets' facility there too?
I think he means why do people care whether it's downtown or on Airline.
This has nothing to do with the fans. It's the impression around the league. Benson's transformation of the Hornets into the new brand is about washing the stink of the corner store style franchise Shinn ran and replacing it with a real professional organization. New brand, new direction, new facilities. Players do notice this. Trust me, when you bring a free agent to town and can drive him by the Saints facility, let him meet Brees or whoever, let him see the spiffy new facility, it makes an impression.
Where would we take them before? To Westwego. I don't wanna go to Westwego.
I think people are blowing my statement out of proportion. Obviously a new training facility is a must, but what difference does it make if the new one is downtown or on airline next to the saints facility. I'd rather them build the best training facility on Airline then a midrange one downtown. The cost of the land downtown would have to be much higher.
I'm going to steal this from nolasportskrewe post
distances for some nba teams from their practice facility to their prospective arenas:
lakers: 15 miles
clippers: 14-15 miles
blazers: 13-15 mile range
nola: 12 miles
sacramento: on site
golden state: 6 miles
phoenix: on site
utah: 3 miles
denver: on site
dallas: on site
san antonio: 17-22 miles
houston: 18 miles
memphis: on site
milwaukee: 7 miles
chicago: 30 miles but will move downtown
cleveland: 9 miles
new york: 28 miles
If you want to utilize and take advantage of Champions Square, you should push for a theater for preforming arts, or something that would host events year round yet not be sports related. You need to think outside of the box a little. I think our market is at its saturation point for sport teams so something to target a different crowd would help open up that area to more people than normal.
I figured it'd be next to the Saints facility, so it would be easier for Benson to work with both his teams
Oh. Silly me. Sorry, can't see the forest for my own ego.
Carry on.
More important to the players is distance to Armstrong airport is 2 miles. Easy to come in for off season practice and scoot back home. Location in Metairie is more convenient than Downtown and extremely much more convenient than New Orleans East; where the lawmakers tried to stick them.
Yeah but that was way back in 2002 when they first came to town. Obviously they realized that wasn't a good idea so I don't think it's been mentioned since.
As mentioned Airline is arguably the most convenient location from anywhere in the metro area unless you actually live downtown or in the Quarter.
CS will end up diversifying. Built-in restaurants, bars, shops maybe. Those trolly tracks aren't for jist a few days a year.
Proximity of the airport to the facility is not important. It's not like they will go straight to the facility from the airport. Who would do that off of a potentially 4 or 5 hour flight? It's more important for where they happen to live, which if like Saints players, will be all over the place.
Jennifer Hale@JenHale504
Interesting tidbit: #Hornets GM suggested rehab facility in LA where Eric Gordon is training. State of the art center many pro athletes use
Jennifer Hale@JenHale504
#Hornets using training center where Eric Gordon is as model for team's future facility in New Orleans. GM Dell Demps believes it's the best
Just did a lil googling can't find anything on it other then "far superior medical facilities" and "state of the art".
I will say I think having a brand spanking new state of the art practice facility can help to attract FA's here. They have a ton of space to work with out there by Saints HQ.
Possibly this place?
http://www.acrcencino.com/
Don't see anything about a facility. Seems more like a clinic.
Great to hear. I can go to work at Zephyr Field this summer and watch the construction...
$20 sez calderera already has the contract, and it's already over budget and over due
I hope there is quality and not quantity on this facility.
Having a great training facility + rehab C is one of the best ways to attract FAs. This is all great news.