Proposed complex includes plan for Saints training camp
 

Saints training camp moving to Shreveport as early as next season? Oh, hell, yeah!

Proposed complex includes plan for Saints training camp

Roy Lang III, rflang@gannett.com
Published 7:39 p.m. CT Aug. 22, 2017 | Updated 6:56 a.m. CT Aug. 23, 2017

Included in Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler's presentation to city council Tuesday about a proposed $30-million sports complex to anchor a $100-million-plus mixed-use development site on the north side of downtown was previously undisclosed information about city officials' hope to make the complex home to the New Orleans Saints training camp.

The main tenant in the 3,200-seat arena would be the future G-League team for the New Orleans Pelicans. However, the city also has its eye on the New Orleans Saints, an NFL franchise who owned by Tom Benson. Benson also owns the Pelicans.

In the drawings presented Tuesday are two football fields next to the arena labeled “Saints Practice Facility.”

According to local banker Rick Holland, who has helped broker a relationship between Shreveport and the Saints for more than 20 years, Mickey Loomis, the executive vice president of basketball operations for the Pelicans and general manager of the Saints, was in town three weeks ago to tour the proposed site for more than just his basketball team.

“(The proposal) has the fields and they are programming training camp in (the site),” Holland told The Times. “(The Saints) need 150 hotel rooms, 10 meeting rooms and two football fields.

“All you’d have to do to get camp next year is level that dirt (for the fields). The convention center says they can put an indoor turf field inside. The Saints can practice outside in the morning and inside in the afternoon. They don’t have to get on the bus to go anywhere – they’d go from their (hotel) rooms, to the meeting rooms to the practice fields.”

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No Boobs! Can't be true!

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How long do the Saints stay in one place for camp? duh

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Not so fast, my Who Dat friend!


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How about if we find out that we train well at home close to fans?

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Good idea. Its about time Northwest LA went back to Saints territory.

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It has always been Saints territory. The problem has been that the owner of the NFC right's local network has been a Cowpatties fan. The public are Saints fans.

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What was I saying ...

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No it hasn't. It was Dallas territory well before the Saints were even a team.
Bringing camp up their could really help the Saints in becoming a bigger market and would help TV ratings.
I think it's an excellent idea.

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The Cowboys had an inroad here given they started in 1960, but the popularity of the Saints grew quickly. As I said, the local affiliate had been owned by a Dallas fan for decades and always chose to air the Cowboys over the Saints. About ten years ago the complaints to the station became so overwhelming that the station decided to post an online poll anytime there was a conflict thinking that the Cowboy fans would easily outnumber the Saints fans. Well, it was never close. The Saints votes dwarfed the Cowboys votes every time. The station abandoned the poll after a short period.

I have lived here in the Shreveport/Bossier area off and on since 1967 and continuously since 1981 and know the community well. There is a heavy influence by Barksdale AFB personnel that have a varied NFL mixture of support. There is also the Cowboys constituent that appear out of the woodwork when the Cowboys are actually relevant. Then there are the Saints fans that are always out there representing whether the team is 5-11 or 11-5. There are also many that claim to be fans of both.

But, as you said, bringing camp up here would help swing some of those iffy ones around, but given a choice of local fans, it is clearly slanted in the favor of the Saints by a good margin.

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The emergence of Dak Prescott has also brought out a few more boys fans too.

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This is true. More brand new Cowboys caps showing up. Cowboys gear around here is mostly new looking because they have either just jumped on the bandwagon or broke out stuff they had in storage since 1995. Saints gear is well worn, on the other hand since it is worn year round.

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My dad has always been a Cowboy hater but he said last year it was tough because Dak is such a good guy and being from Haughton, you just wished good things for him, like being a great QB and being traded away from the Cowboys.

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Yes, he's a nice guy and I hope he goes 1-15 only beating the Falcons on November 12th.

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You need to post a real blonde....

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Yep. I hate the Cowboys more than most but anyone who is familiar with Dak's story ... nothing but respect for him.

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We have a winner!!!!

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