The NFL has reassured followers that Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans might be a “secure and pleasurable” expertise after an obvious terror assault within the historic metropolis early Wednesday morning left at the very least 10 folks lifeless with dozens extra injured.
Tragedy struck within the early morning hours of New Year’s Day when a driver plowed via a crowd on Bourbon Street in what the FBI is actively investigating as an “act of terrorism.”
Law enforcement officers from a number of companies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at the very least ten folks have been killed when an individual allegedly drove into the gang within the early morning hours of New Year’s Day on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images)
The assault raised considerations for security all through town, prompting college football officials to postpone the Sugar Bowl, which was scheduled for later that night time on the Superdome lower than a mile away from the crime scene.
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The Superdome will even host the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.
The league issued a press release within the wake of Wednesday’s tragedy to share its condolences for the victims and their households and to reassure followers of its dedication to making sure their security for the large sport just a bit over a month away.
“We are deeply saddened by the information of the devastating incident in New Orleans. Our ideas are with the victims, the New Orleans group and all these affected,” the assertion learn.
“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. These planning periods will proceed as they do with all main NFL occasions, and we’re assured attendees can have a secure and pleasurable Super Bowl expertise.”
Super Bowl LIX merchandise seen at Mardi Gras World on October 15, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images for Raising Cane’s)
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In the aftermath of the assault, questions in regards to the security of pedestrians and vacationers, particularly because it pertains to the usage of bollards, have been raised to officers.
Speaking at a press convention on Wednesday afternoon, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell informed reporters that internet hosting the Super Bowl allowed town to work on a bollard substitute program into its infrastructure package deal with the hopes of getting it accomplished nicely earlier than the sport.
“Bollards weren’t up as a result of they’re close to completion with the expectation of being accomplished, in fact, by Super Bowl – manner earlier than Super Bowl.”
An aerial general exterior normal view of Caesars Superdome, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)
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Officials acknowledge that the earlier bollards put in place weren’t functioning correctly, which prompted the urgency to interchange them.
“We acknowledge we have an issue proper right here, proper? We’re going to repair it,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry stated Wednesday.
“It goes to be a prime precedence as we go into the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, and an answer that we’ll give you goes to be a everlasting one, goes to be positioned into the usual working process of getting main occasions and securing that quarter.”
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