Intelligence Design: Ochsner Health and Elite Training Academy

Cost: $22 million

Architect: RMA

Contractor: TBT

Completed: Oct. 1, 2024

Use: Elite Training Academy Sports Performance Center at 5414 Burbank Drive seamlessly integrates performance training, competitive sports, and recovery services—all in one powerhouse location.

Spearheaded by longtime LSU athletics leader Greg Stringfellow, Elite Training Academy mirrors the training environments of top college programs, providing athletes of all levels with the resources to maximize their potential.

A unique on-site partnership with Ochsner’s Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute ensures athletes in training also receive specialized care.

Inside, a 50,000-square-foot facility boasts the only full-width, 60-yard indoor field in the region for football, soccer and multisport training. Outdoors, two football-sized, lighted turf fields are primed for league play, practices and events. Beyond the fields, the complex features a cutting-edge weight room, plunge tubs, an infrared sauna, and performance training.

Former LSU athletes and business leaders with strong ties to the region are among its owners, including Brandon Landry, Todd Graves, Sean Reilly, Tyrann Mathieu, Joe Burrow and Jamal Adams.