The Sugar Bowl — probably the most anticipated soccer video games of the yr — has been postponed twenty-four hours after a horrific New 12 months’s Day assault left scores useless within the metropolis of New Orleans, the situation of the large 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 a substitute 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 Road, in line with the FBI … killing at the very least 10 individuals, 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, conserving individuals secure was clearly the precedence, in line with Congressman Troy Carter 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 website.
