As we speak’s Sugar Bowl faculty soccer match-up between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Preventing Irish will proceed as deliberate at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans regardless of the lethal carnage visited upon that metropolis earlier this morning.
“The Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the horrible occasions from early this morning,” stated Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley in a press release. “Our ideas and prayers are with the victims and their households. We’re in ongoing discussions with authorities on the native, state, and federal ranges and can talk additional particulars as they turn into obtainable.”
On CNN this morning, Sen. Invoice Cassidy (R-La.) stated he’s “extraordinarily assured” that the sport would go on tonight. “The usual working process for an enormous sport just like the Sugar Bowl, for a Saints sport, for the Tremendous Bowl is to undergo the constructing, ensure that there’s nothing there that’s unsuitable, after which to lock it down. The Sugar Bowl, the Superdome has been locked down. There’s going to be no drawback there.”
New Orleans Police Division Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick additionally confirmed that the sport, which will likely be televised on ESPN, is anticipated to be performed as scheduled at 8:45 p.m. ET.
The winner of the sport will advance to the School Soccer Playoff semifinal.
“We’re horrified and saddened by the mindless act of violence that occurred within the early hours of New Yr’s Day in New Orleans,” stated a press release launched by the College of Georgia. “College personnel are working to find out if any UGA college students, college, workers, alumni or followers have been among the many victims.”
Notre Dame officers additionally stated they’re “working with legislation enforcement and others to find out the complete scope and influence of the tragedy.”
At the least 10 individuals have been killed within the grotesque 3:15 a.m. assault on New Yr’s revelers in New Orleans’ French Quarter when a person, who’s being investigated as a possible terrorist, drove his car right into a crowd. Along with the quick fatalities, not less than 35 individuals have been injured, some critically.
The motive force of the car was shot and killed by police after he started firing on officers from his truck.
