Bourbon Street Attack: Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame-Georgia postponed in wake of terror attack
ByWHIO Staff
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: JAN 01 CFP Semifinal - Allstate Sugar Bowl - Texas vs Washington NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 01: The Allstate Sugar Bowl logo at midfield during the CFP Semifinal Allstate Sugar Bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the Washington Huskies on January 01, 2024, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
ByWHIO Staff
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The Allstate Sugar Bowl has been postponed following the deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.
The game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish has been postponed for 24 hours and will be played Thursday night, according to Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley who spoke during a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
The game will now kickoff at 4 p.m. eastern Thursday, according to a social media post by the Sugar Bowl. The game was set to kick off tonight at 8:45 p.m. in New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. Its a quarterfinal game in the College Football Playoff.
The postponement comes after a man, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, intentionally drove a pickup truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to the FBI. At least 10 people were killed and over 30 were injured.
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said during a press conference that the man drove through the barricades and hurtled down Bourbon Street in “very intentional behavior” before opening fire on officers.
“He was hellbent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” Kirkpatrick said. “It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could.”
Kirkpatrick added that two police officers were hit by gunfire. They’re said to be in stable condition.
FBI investigators were also checking on “improvised explosive devices” that were found in the area.
The FBI confirmed that they are investigating the attack as “an act of terrorism.”
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New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd A police barricade near the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd A member of the emergency services attends the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd A member of the emergency services walks past a police barricade after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd A cyclist passes a police barricade near the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd The scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Superintendent of Police for the New Orleans Police Department Anne Kirkpatrick makes a statement after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell makes a statement after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New Orleans Car Into Crowd Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
New-Orleans-Car-Into-Crowd A coroner's van is parked on the corner of Bourbon St. and Canal St, after a vehicle raced into a crowd of revelers early on New Year's Day, in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook) (Jack Brook/AP)
New-Orleans-Car-Into-Crowd A mounted police officer arrives on Canal Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd earlier in New Orleans, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill) (Kevin McGill/AP)
New-Orleans-Car-Into-Crowd Police in tactical gear gather on the corner of Spain and Urquhart street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook) (Jack Brook/AP)
