I hope there will be fan tours and use this to our full advantage
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I hope there will be fan tours and use this to our full advantage
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Am I being picky or does that not look that big?Originally Posted by FlyGirl
Last edited by RaisingTheBar; 05-15-2013 at 03:27 PM.
Yea thats pretty big dude. It always looks small while its being built / empty.
When i was building my house i'd go in there with just the studs up and be like...this is small as hell.
Well, it's finished now....and yea..it aint that small.
Any *new* construction has to be better than the Alario Center right?
It's 50,000 square feet. The playing portion (without end zones) of a football field is 360 x 160 feet, which is 57,600 square feet. (you math majors out there might wanna check that for me..lol)
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Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer 7m
Monty on pract. facility: "It's amazing to see how this has come together and what Mr. Benson has been able to do in a short period of time"
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Monty on proximity to Saints: "(You can) walk outside and see Coach Payton, Colston, Graham, Brees. I think that breeds a good atmosphere."..New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA 20m
The new 50,000 square foot Pelicans practice facility will be ready in late August. More construction tour photos coming soon. #NOLAPelicans
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WWL video
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First look at New Orleans Pelicans' under-construction practice facility wows Coach Monty Williams
More in link.The building might have been nothing more than four bare walls, unfinished concrete flooring and walls and bare steel studs, dangling electrical lines and heating and air conditioning ducts, but for New Orleans Pelicans Coach Monty Williams it had the look of a "monumental blessing."
The cacophony of rising scissor lifts beeping their presence amidst the pounding of hammers and whirring of saws forced Williams to speak loudly Wednesday afternoon as he got his first look, along with the news media, of the Pelicans' under-construction offices and practice facilities adjacent to the New Orleans Saints' Airline Drive practice digs.
Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson called the 50,000 square foot facility, taking over the footprint of what once was headquarters and practice site for Benson's one-time Arena Football League team the VooDoo, unprecedented in professional sports.
And Williams was marveling at the prospects of swapping strategy talk with Saints Coach Sean Payton or seeing Anthony Davis lunching with Drew Brees in the campus cafeteria.
"To see where we were just a year ago to now, it's amazing to see how all of this has come together and what Mr. Benson has been able to do in a short period of time," Williams said. "We're just really thankful for all of this and where it's going to take our program. There's no other place like this in the world.
"You think about campuses that have football and basketball and a cafeteria on the same grounds. What Mr. B has been able to do in this short period of time is just amazing. When you walk through, because you've been in so many other players, you can envision what it's going to be like to have our own spot where we can finally just leave your shoes and leave stuff for a long time and not having to worry about Big Shot (equipment manager David Jovanovich) taking it downtown.
“It’s a monumental blessing,” said Williams, who walked inside the structure for the first time since construction began. “To see where we were just a year ago to now, it’s amazing to see how all of this has come together and what Mr. Benson has been able to do in a short period of time. I’m just really thankful for all of this, and where this is going to take our program. When you have a facility like this, couple with ownership, that’s going to be tremendous, to be able to tell (free agents) that there are no holes here. We have everything that all the players want – a facility where they can get better, a place where you can hang your hat permanently, a great city and a team that’s going to continue to get better every single year.”
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Apparently the Cavs new facility is also 50,000 sq ft but their's costed about $25 million.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/clevelandcliniccourts/
I don't know how much the Blazers' facility costs but it's about 34,000 sq ft.
The Bulls' new facility will be about 55,000 sq ft.
Read the description of it; that is just the practice court. Nothing else. One of the other pics includes most of the weight room & sauna area.
Now I heard August.
for a team quite high up in the lottery... this is certainly 1 very very interesting offseason with a lot of reason to be optimistic
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Here's a horrible mark up of where the facilities are on the complex:
http://www.bourbonstreetshots.com/wp...AreaMarked.jpg
for those wondering.
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Looks very nice. It is where the Voodoo practice facility used to be at when Benson owned the team. Call it Benson University now.
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Jen Hale also said today that Monty repeated that FA's are calling him telling him not to forget about them.
This is a key offseason in determining the team's future success
New Orleans Pelicans-Seattle Seahawks-Atlanta Braves-Anaheim Ducks
RIP HunnyB
This fits HunnyB/FlyGirl so well- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzTiSEfM00
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This has to factor into the allure of our team. Having a big top of the line, classy training facility right next to a Super Bowl caliber football organization? I mean, what a great pitch.
"Play for the Pelicans. Have lunch with Drew Brees."
Does any other people get as excited as I do when I read this
Jen Hale also said today that Monty repeated that FA's are calling him telling him not to forget about them.
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Hey it puts things into perspective.
I have always been skeptical of the allure of a practice facility, but I know that Monty and other basketball guys know more than me. I hope he's right and top players will be lining up to be a part of our facility and team.
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You can use your own experiences. Would you wanna work for a company where all the computers run Windows ME? The printer will occasionally ejaculate ink on your favorite slacks? And is located in Westwego? Even if they have great food and the personnel is nice, it matters if you can have all the better things AND have great food and nice personnel.
Good way of thinking of it. Yeah, this is their livelihood, and if they can be comfortable as they practice, then that goes a long way towards their happiness. Like I said, I hope he's right. It'll be awesome if so.
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