New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick had a message for individuals who had been on the fence about attending Super Bowl LIX subsequent month within the wake of a terror assault within the metropolis.
Kirkpatrick advised Fox News contributor Ted Williams throughout “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that soccer followers ought to nonetheless plan on coming to the large sport on Feb. 9.
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New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick makes a press release after a automobile drove right into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon Street on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
“They ought to plan on coming,” Kirkpatrick mentioned. “Like the Sugar Bowl at this time will probably be held this afternoon. We right here in New Orleans have confirmed time in and day trip that we will present protected environments. Look at Taylor Swift (live performance) that was only a few weeks in the past – unbelievable setting of enjoyable, unbelievable setting the place they will some and know they’re protected. We have plans.
“This is a terrorist. The terrorist goes to be hellbent it doesn’t matter what, to create carnage and to destroy, however we as a metropolis and as a regulation enforcement group have already confirmed over time that we will deal with and handle these massive crowds.”
Kirkpatrick vowed to appropriate any lapse in safety in preparation for the NFL’s largest day of the 12 months.
Georgia followers on the intersection of Canal and Bourbon Street. The Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed after an assault on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)
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“The Super Bowl remains to be in play,” she added. “We are going to harden our goal. We will appropriate any form of gaps that there have been – these will probably be corrected. And you will notice at this time, you’ll expertise at this time, what we will do.”
The NFL said it still believed followers would expertise a protected Super Bowl.
“We are deeply saddened by the information of the devastating incident in New Orleans,” the NFL mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
“The NFL and the native host committee have been working collaboratively with native, state and federal companies the previous two years and have developed complete safety plans,” the assertion continued. “We are assured attendees can have a protected and fulfilling Super Bowl expertise.”
A state trooper walks to his automobile on the intersection of Canal and Bourbon Street. The Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed after an assault on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)
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The Superdome was the host of the Super Bowl after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror assaults.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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