The Mercedes-Benz Superdome after a sudden power outage during Super Bowl XLVII. This stadium is now known as the Caesars Superdome.
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After this the Sugar Bowl has been postponed by a day till Thursday Deadly attack in New Orleans,
The decision comes hours after a 42-year-old man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street and then opened fire on police.
The district attorney of Orleans Parish confirmed Wednesday that the game will be postponed. Sugar Bowl officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame will take place Thursday in the Superdome, home of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. nfl’s 2025 Super Bowl Will be there in February.
Caesars Superdome, an enclosed venue with over 70,000 seats Allegedly On lockdown after the attack. “It is in everyone’s best interest and public safety that we postpone,” said Jeff Hundley, CEO of the Sugar Bowl Committee. Allegedly Said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“The Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the terrible events of this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families,” Hundley said in an email statement Wednesday before the decision to postpone the game. He said the committee was discussing with local, state and federal officials before the decision.
The Superdome is about 20 blocks from the attack, According To the Associated Press.
The FBI has identified the suspect as Shamsuddin Jabbar, a US citizen from Texas who drove into the crowd and launched the early-morning attack that left at least 10 dead and 35 injured. The FBI said in a statement that an ISIS flag was located in the pickup truck and that they were “working to determine the subject’s possible association and affiliation with terrorist organizations.”
Investigators reportedly found weapons and a possible explosive device in the vehicle, as well as other possible explosive devices in the French Quarter.
