Saints owner Tom Benson and NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue have agreed the team, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, will return to the state-owned training facility in Metairie, La., after the season ends Sunday, reports the San Antonio Express-News.

Quoting sources, the newspaper said Tagliabue is expected to inform the team's players and coaches of the decision when he meets with them in San Antonio.

League spokesman Greg Aiello declined comment Thursday.

San Antonio officials had hoped the league would allow the Saints to play their home games in their city after the team averaged 62,666 attendance for its three games at the dome this season and 40,310 for four games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

Aiello said the league would announce the Saints' schedule in January. Benson said last week the team would practice in the state where it would play its games.