Ochsner Health System Gets Naming Rights To Saints/Pelicans Facilities

The Saints and Pelicans today will announce they have signed an eight-year deal with Ochsner Health System for naming rights to their combined practice facilities in Metairie, La. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Ochsner Sports Performance Center is the only training complex in pro sports that houses both NFL and NBA teams, plus administrative offices. Ochsner is an existing sponsor of both teams, and the health care provider features the Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center, founded in '10 and named for the clubs’ owners. Saints training camp starts tomorrow.

The deal was done in-house by Saints/Pelicans Senior VP/Sales Mike Stanfield, Exec Dir of Corporate Partnership Sales Matt Webb and Partnership Marketing Coordinator Megan Sullivan Milazzo. The facilities had no corporate names previously.