New Orleans Saints & Pelicans
Overview
The New Orleans Saints (NFL) and New Orleans Pelicans (NBA) run high-performance nutrition programs for professional athletes. Ahead of Super Bowl activity and during a 12-month facility renovation, both teams lost access to their permanent kitchen facilities and needed to keep serving thousands of meals a day without interruption.
Response Logistics delivered a turnkey temporary kitchen and dining operation: a commercial-grade kitchen built on the practice field, an equipment warehouse converted into an athlete dining hall, and full utility, permitting, and wastewater management. Crews mobilized on a six-week lead time and stood up the full operation in 14 days.
The Challenge
Both teams had to maintain professional-grade nutrition programs through a 12-month renovation with no access to their permanent kitchens. The practice site lacked the infrastructure to support commercial foodservice, and the timeline left no room for delays.
- Repurposing an equipment storage warehouse into a functioning dining space with custom-built serving areas.
- Designing and constructing a commercial-grade kitchen from the ground up on an active practice field.
- Working around the absence of permanent sewer and grease trap infrastructure, which required a custom wastewater solution.
- Keeping operations running through hurricane season, with no tolerance for weather-driven downtime.
- Supporting daily meal production at volume for professional
Deployed Assets
- Five skid-mounted modular kitchens
- Two 8×20 portable walk-in coolers
- One 8×10 walk-in freezer
- 40×40 temporary kitchen tent
- Full buffet setup — hot and cold lines, salad bars, smoothie stations, sneeze guards
- Complete permitting and plumbing installation
- 24/7 utility oversight and wastewater management
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Execution & Results
Response Logistics mobilized on a six-week lead time and completed the full build in 14 days. Crews converted the equipment warehouse into a dedicated athlete dining facility with custom serving areas, then constructed a commercial-grade kitchen structure on the practice field under the 40×40 tent. The team managed permitting, plumbing, utility hookups, and a custom wastewater system to work around the site’s lack of permanent sewer and grease trap infrastructure.
With a hurricane contingency plan in place and dedicated personnel overseeing utilities and equipment daily, the operation served thousands of meals a day throughout the 12-month renovation without a break in service. Both teams kept their nutrition programs running at full strength — no handoffs, no third-party delays.
Why Response Logistics
- Turnkey execution — one team handled design, build, permitting, plumbing, and daily operations, with no third-party handoffs.
- Rapid deployment — a full kitchen and dining operation stood up in 14 days on a six-week lead.
- Gulf-coast strength — built and staffed to keep running through hurricane season without downtime.
- Full-service foodservice packages — commercial kitchen, cold storage, and a complete front-of-house buffet in one deployment.
- Dedicated on-site oversight — 24/7 utility and wastewater management for the life of the engagement.