of college football playoffs More than a day after a deadly terrorist attack on Bourbon Street claimed at least 15 lives and injured dozens more, the quarterfinal game between No. 2 Georgia and No. 5 Notre Dame has been announced. It's held in Orleans.
The team traveled to Caesars Superdome, just a mile away from the French Quarter crime scene, for the Sugar Bowl on Thursday after the FBI said the driver of a Ford pickup truck sped through a crowd. Arrived. early in the morning on New Year's Day, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
FBI agents arrive at Caesars Superdome ahead of the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff game in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Law enforcement officials stepped up security measures Thursday. sugar bowl after organizers made the decision to put public safety first and postpone the bowl game until Thursday.
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New Orleans Police Superintendent Ann Kirkpatrick said in an interview with Today on Thursday that fans attending the game can expect “if not more” security than what is expected at next month's Super Bowl.
“We have a number of other partners,” Kirkpatrick said. Via ESPN. “Local police, federal police, military police and others will be here, hundreds of police officers and staff will be lining the streets, Bourbon Street, the French Quarter. So we're ramping up our personnel. We're at the same or higher level than what you were preparing for. [the] Super Bowl. ”
Superdome, home of new orleans saints, The city has been working for years to build infrastructure to improve safety in anticipation of thousands of fans gathering in the city next month.
Security dogs and bomb-sniffing dogs monitor vehicles entering the Superdome parking lot before the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff game in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Local law enforcement, FBI personnel and trained dogs were dispatched to the stadium out of an abundance of caution.
Officials confirmed at a press conference Thursday that the suspect, Shamsuddin Jabbar, 42, was alone involved in the attack.
The FBI found a possible improvised explosive device (IED), weapons and an ISIS flag in the car of Jabbar, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Other potential IEDs were also discovered and recovered by authorities.
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The Sugar Bowl was originally scheduled for 8:45 p.m. ET, but the start time was moved up to 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Notre Dame players run on the field before the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against Georgia on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
“Public safety is our top priority,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said at a press conference Wednesday. “All parties agree that postponing the game is in the best interest of everyone and public safety.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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