The Sugar Bowl — some of the anticipated soccer video games of the 12 months — has been postponed twenty-four hours after a horrific New 12 months’s Day assault left scores lifeless within the metropolis of New Orleans, the situation of the massive CFB quarterfinal tilt.
Jeff Hundley, CEO of the Sugar Bowl, introduced Wednesday morning that the soccer sport between 2-seeded College of Georgia and 7-seeded Notre Dame College would kick off Thursday evening simply earlier than 8 PM native time, as an alternative of Wednesday evening as deliberate, after consulting with the groups, TV community, and others.
“All parties and all agree that it’s in the best in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours,” Hundley stated.
The choice comes after a person deliberately crashed his automobile into throngs of individuals celebrating the New 12 months round 3:15 AM on Bourbon Avenue, in line with the FBI … killing not less than 10 folks, and ~35 injured.
“This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Anne Kirkpatrick, Superintendent of the New Orleans PD stated Wednesday.
The Bureau says the assault, allegedly perpetrated by a 42-year-old man named Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
Nobody in NOLA wished to cancel the sport, however on the finish of the day, protecting folks protected was clearly the precedence, in line with Congressman Troy Taylor from Louisiana.
“The football game is important, it’s a major event,” Carter stated. “People have come from all over the country, but nothing is more important than public safety and making sure that we’re protecting the citizens and visitors alike.”
The sport will nonetheless be performed at Caesars Superdome … only one mile from the assault web site.
