Officials have postponed Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl, a major sporting event in New Orleans, after authorities said a man plowed his truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in what is being investigated as a terrorist attack.
The sold-out annual college football game will be postponed until Thursday night, Allstate Sugar Bowl chief executive officer Jeff Hundley said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
The Sugar Bowl, played annually since 1935, was set to begin around 7:45 p.m., local time, and would have aired on ESPN.
Chris Graythen / Getty ImagesIn an earlier statement, Hundley said the Sugar Bowl Committee was “devastated by the terrible events.”“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families,” the statement said.
“We are deeply saddened by the senseless violence that occurred in New Orleans,” it said in a statement.
Persons:
Jeff Hundley, Hundley, Din Jabbar, Chris Graythen, ”
Organizations:
Allstate Sugar Bowl, FBI, ESPN, Georgia Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Police, Sugar, UGA Athletic Association
Locations:
New Orleans, Bourbon, Louisiana, Texas, ”