The College Football Playoff quarterfinals on the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame had been postponed after a truck plowed right into a New Year’s Eve crowd a few mile away Wednesday morning, killing no less than 10 individuals.
The sport, initially scheduled for Wednesday evening on the 70,000-seat Superdome, was postponed 24 hours to Thursday evening.
“For now, that is the plan,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley stated.
The Superdome was positioned on lockdown for safety Wednesday morning, when individuals with workplaces within the Superdome — together with officers from the Sugar Bowl and Sun Belt Conference — had been advised to not come into work till additional discover.
Some credentialed Superdome workers had been allowed into the workplaces Wednesday afternoon.
The fatalities occurred when a driver crashed a pickup truck right into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day. The driver was killed in a gun battle with police following the assault round 3:15 a.m. alongside Bourbon Street close to Canal Street, the FBI stated.
The Georgia and Notre Dame soccer groups arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and stayed in downtown inns a number of blocks from the place the violence occurred.
A press release from the University of Georgia Athletic Association stated “all group personnel and members of the group’s official journey celebration have been accounted for.”
“We are deeply saddened by the information of the devastating accident in New Orleans,” the NFL stated in a press release. “The NFL and the native host committee have labored collaboratively with native, state and federal companies over the previous two years and have developed complete security plans.
“These planning classes will proceed as with all main NFL occasions,” the discharge continues. “We are assured that attendees can have a secure and enjoyable expertise on the Super Bowl.”
Associated Press reporting.
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