The Sugar Bowl is being moved back a day after last night’s attack in New Orleans.
The 91st edition of the game between Georgia and Notre Dame has been moved after a truck attack on Bourbon Street early Wednesday killed 15 and injured at least 25, according to a Wednesday afternoon report from Aubry Killion of WDSU-TV in New Orleans. The decision to move the game back was later confirmed by ABC News and other outlets before being formally announced by Sugar Bowl officials. Thursday's game will now kick off at 4 p.m. ET, the Sugar Bowl announced.
The attack—carried out in the early hours of New Year's Day—is being investigated by the FBI as an act of terror. Police shot and killed the suspect around 3:15 a.m.
On College GameDay, ESPN's Laura Rutledge reported that the Bulldogs' team hotel was under a shelter-in-place order; Pete Thamel had previously indicated that employees with offices in the Caesars Superdome were instructed to stay home.
.@LauraRutledge joined College GameDay early Wednesday afternoon to report from New Orleans on where things currently stand with the Allstate Sugar Bowl after the events that took place early on New Year's Day.
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) January 1, 2025
(via @CollegeGameDay) pic.twitter.com/MoEOCcm8Ex
BREAKING: The Sugar Bowl has been postponed following the deadly attack in New Orleans, where investigators are still combing the crime scene and working to secure the French Quarter.
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) January 1, 2025
ESPN's Laura Rutledge has the latest on the game which was set to kickoff tonight. pic.twitter.com/lzE9gn4pxW
No Sugar Bowl had ever been postponed, although the 2005 season's game between Georgia and West Virginia was moved to Atlanta in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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