Training Facility Pic

Should be finished by July, in time for Free agent period.

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Wow that's gonna be huge.

Happy someone finally got a pic. You would think the team would be doing a timeline sort of thing on the website. Or nola.com would be going out there and snapping some pics.

Would have been cool to have web cams set up like they did during construction of the Laburge casino on BR. Amazing way to be non-productive at work. lol..

How is this supposed to rank in comparison to the rest of the NBA?

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Originally Posted by all2neat

How is this supposed to rank in comparison to the rest of the NBA?

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Biggest. One of the biggest by sq. footage in any sport.

It's basically the Louisville arena of training facilities. :hihi:

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Originally Posted by Davisistheman

Would have been cool to have web cams set up like they did during construction of the Laburge casino on BR. Amazing way to be non-productive at work. lol..

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Yea LSUsports.net has daily construction updates on the Tiger Stadium renovations, would have been cool to have something like that here

Is it next to the Saints facility? The pic is to small for my eyes. If so, I think the Saints players would use the Pelicans facility also.

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Originally Posted by HalfBreed

Is it next to the Saints facility? The pic is to small for my eyes. If so, I think the Saints players would use the Pelicans facility also.

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Sort of, it's across the street towards Zypher Field

55,000 sq feet. Biggest in the NBA for sure.

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Originally Posted by Purple Haze

Sort of, it's across the street towards Zypher Field

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Actually I don't think it is. I think someone told me it was to behind the Saints indoor field next to their outdoor practice field. I don't think it crosses the street like originally predicted.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Actually I don't think it is. I think someone told me it was to behind the Saints indoor field next to their outdoor practice field. I don't think it crosses the street like originally predicted.

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Oh wow really? That's interesting I was just going off of the prior location we talked about. I be the Saints would use it, then.

Yeah you know actually looking at that picture hard, it's most certainly not in that giant empty soccer field :hihi:

Looks to be in fact near the Saints facility. Awesome.

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Originally Posted by HalfBreed

Is it next to the Saints facility? The pic is to small for my eyes. If so, I think the Saints players would use the Pelicans facility also.

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Would they really need to though? Saints facility has already been mentioned as one of the premier facilities in the NFL. Saints facility also not so long got an expansion.

http://www.woodwarddesignbuild.com/p...ball-facility/

This is beyond exciting. I can't wait for free agents to see the changes we're making.

New offices next to Saints offices. New Practice Facility next to Saints Practice Facility. Adjacent. Not across the street.

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Originally Posted by 42

New offices next to Saints offices. New Practice Facility next to Saints Practice Facility. Adjacent. Not across the street.

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So 42 what we see in that pic are the new offices?

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Would they really need to though? Saints facility has already been mentioned as one of the premier facilities in the NFL. Saints facility also not so long got an expansion.

http://www.woodwarddesignbuild.com/p...ball-facility/

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from the sound of it, it's almost like they're basically one giant complex attached by a community cafeteria

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Originally Posted by AD23nEG10

from the sound of it, it's almost like they're basically one giant complex attached by a community cafeteria

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Could be. Speaking of cafeteria, there's a pic of the Saints cafeteria here. Click on 'view slideshow'.

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Is it next to the Saints facility? The pic is to small for my eyes. If so, I think the Saints players would use the Pelicans facility also.

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Actually, No. Because Saints and Pelicans are two seperate buisnesses. Saints player injured at Pelicans facility = liablity issues. And vice-vursa.

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Jim Eichenhofer ‏@Jim_Eichenhofer 2 Apr
Monty on new NOLA practice facility: "It's going to be unlike any other place in sports, where you have football and basketball (together)."

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So 42 what we see in that pic are the new offices?

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No. That looks like the Practice Facility. The offices has construction right up against them the last time I looked. It was less open than that which is shown, too. The Hornets need room for 100+ people out there.

My ticket rep actually asked me if I wanted to go see the progress on the practice facility a few months ago. Didn't even know it had started. I asked her why it wasn't being advertised much. She couldn't answer that but said that they have been asked to promote it to the fans as much as possible.

Basically she said that the Saints and Hornets are going to share the ticket/sales office, cafeteria and parking and the new building will be practice court(s), lockers, coaches/management offices. I think they are going to have seperate workout center.

The site of the building is between the Saints and the church on top of the old Voodoo practice field.

They still haven't figured out what to do with the soccer field yet. My opinion is Benson is going to make some kind of deal with JP to build some sort of hotel/restaurant.

I thought it was closer to being finished. But I guess that means they are going to work fast to get it done by July.

The lead contractor's website says September.