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Tulane football team uses Saints’ indoor practice facility to prep for 2024 season

The Tulane Green Wave football team used the New Orleans Saints’ indoor practice facility to prepare for their 2024 season:

While on their California retreat for the summer, the New Orleans Saints have allowed some neighbors to make use of their indoor practice facility back in Metairie.

The Tulane Green Wave have made themselves right at home as they utilized the teams practice facility to take a break from the scorching Louisiana heat and frequent afternoon rain. This wouldn’t be the first time that they have used the Saints facilities either. Tulane has held multiple pro day workouts for their draft-eligible players in Metairie, as well as using the team’s practice field for bowl game prep towards the end of their season.

To remind some of why the Saints aren’t at their facility at the moment, this highlight video gives us a look at their ongoing renovations, as you can see some construction work taking place in the background. Hopefully that doesn’t stop the Green Wave from getting quality reps in as they look to continue their consecutive stretch of double-digit win seasons the last two years.

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Report: Saints plan to hold 2024 training camp away from Metairie headquarters

Report: Saints plan to hold 2024 training camp away from Metairie headquarters

Here’s a big scoop from Nola.com’s Jeff Duncan, who reports that the New Orleans Saints plan to relocate their 2024 training camp away from the team’s headquarters in Metairie.

Specifically, Duncan reports that construction and renovations on the cafeteria at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center “will force the Saints to hold their 2024 training camp elsewhere.” Whether or not that is a result of players criticizing the cafeteria’s offerings in a recent NFLPA survey may be up for interpretation.

The Saints held training camp in West Virginia (at the Greenbrier golf resort) for several years under former head coach Sean Payton, who also moved them to Mississippi (Millsaps College in Jackson) in his first year on the job. But for the most part they’ve worked in the heat of the New Orleans summer. Rising temperatures have forced them to adjust practice schedules, though, and this is an opportunity for the team’s decision-makers to take the show on the road.

It’s also an opportunity to give fans outside New Orleans a rare opportunity to see their team in person. Moving to a less-challenging climate could reduce the number of injuries that have troubled players at training camp, too. Many other teams hold training camp away from their headquarters — including the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys — so this could be a smart move. We’ll see what the Saints ultimately choose to do.

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