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2025 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Postponed After Deadly Apparent Terror Attack
The 2025 Sugar Bowl has been postponed just hours before kickoff on Wednesday after at least 10 people were killed and dozens more were injured in what federal officials are investigating as an act of terrorism.
Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley spoke at a press conference with local and federal officials to confirm that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame will be postponed for 24 hours.
“We wish we weren’t here for this reason today. The Sugar Bowl committee has a 90-year history of being a good corporate citizen for the city of New Orleans and that’s why this tragedy hurts us as much as anybody right now. Our condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families as we all work through this,” Hundley said.
The postponement follows reports that the Superdome, the home of the New Orleans Saints, was initially placed on lockdown for security sweeps, and that people with offices inside the stadium were told not to come on site until further notice.
The incident began when a man driving a Ford pickup truck drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street at around 3:15 local time. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, exchanged gunfire with local law enforcement before being pronounced dead on the scene.
The FBI is working to determine the subject’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations, after an ISIS flag was found in the truck. Weapons and a potential IED were located inside the suspect’s vehicle and other potential IEDs were also found in the French Quarter.
The tragedy in New Orleans comes as thousands of fans traveled to the historic city ahead of Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl. Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies are working at the scene, and the Superdome is located just a mile away from the site of the attack. Both Georgia and Notre Dame, which are staying in hotels just blocks away from the crime scene, have implemented a “shelter in place” for the teams.
