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Rumor: new Practice Facility fast-tracked, will be on Airline Dr?

Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:26 pm
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:26 pm
SeauxCrazy posted this info on HR about Benson already submitting plans to the State to get the ball rolling. He allegedly wants it right next door to the Saints facility and in between the Saints and Zephyr's Field.

The precise location is here:

LINK

Whether its true or not is yet to be determined, but its interesting news nonetheless.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:28 pm to
faptastic.
Posted by drake20
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:28 pm to
hope so
Posted by wope
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:36 pm to
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:40 pm to
Those fields with the old soccer goals?
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:41 pm to
quote:

Those fields with the old soccer goals?


No. Click the link.
Posted by TigerTatorTots
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:42 pm to
Fapulous
Posted by quail man
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:42 pm to
that's the fields with the old goals, right? i haven't been to Zephyr's stadium in like 2 years, but last time i went, there were soccer goals there
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:46 pm to
I know there are old soccer fields to the left of the Zephyr Field. I didn't know they were on that particular back lot.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:47 pm to
I can't open the page on my phone for some reason
Posted by quail man
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:47 pm to
haha minutiae, sorry. just reminiscing, i suppose.

regardless, this is cause for a celebration. should be a solid location
Posted by TigerinATL
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

I can't open the page on my phone for some reason


Hopefully PurpleHornet won't mind if we repost it here.

Posted by mightynine
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:53 pm to
I think one of the New Orleans semi-pro soccer teams used to play or practice there, that's why people are thinking soccer goals in that spot.

I'm not sure that spot is big enough for a practice facility, but I could be wrong.
Posted by saintsfan22
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:54 pm to
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I'm not sure that spot is big enough for a practice facility, but I could be wrong.

Knock down some of them trees and you've got plenty space.
Posted by quail man
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

m not sure that spot is big enough for a practice facility, but I could be wrong.


based on the fact that it seems the saints' practice facility can fit in that spot, i'ma bet it's big enough to fit a few basketball courts and workout rooms, etc.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:58 pm to
I meant to say that image wouldn't load. Still won't load on my phone for no reason. No biggie, I have a good idea where it would go
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

I meant to say that image wouldn't load. Still won't load on my phone for no reason. No biggie, I have a good idea where it would go




go down the road along side saints facility, hit the T, saints on left, hornets on right.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
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288206 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 2:02 pm to
The road on goes right. No 't'.

Is it behind the train tracks at the end of the road or on the old soccer fieldS facing airline?
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 2:03 pm to
It's a bit of a tight spot, but its not all that much smaller than the Saints Practice Facility and Offices (sans the outdoor field and some of the parking).

There are obviously things you can do to condense the spot: built it "up" by having the office and training rooms below or above the main basketball courts, build a parking garage instead of a sprawling parking lot, etc.
Posted by quail man
New York, NY
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 2:04 pm to
the entrance to the pool/levee area by zephyr field, and those parking lots for zephyr...right next to it. that lot. down the first base line, basically. between 1st base line (if it extended out of the park) and the train tracks
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