Officials postpone Sugar Bowl in the wake of apparent terror attack on Bourbon Street

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The 2025 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans 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 on Wednesday afternoon to confirm that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame will be postponed for 24 hours. 

The Allstate Sugar Bowl logo at midfield during the CFP Semifinal Allstate Sugar Bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the Washington Huskies on Jan. 1, 2024, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"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. 

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"All parties all agree that it's in the best interests of everybody in public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours.

"There'll be more details on that in the coming hours, but for now, that's the plan that we're going to move forward and play the game [tomorrow.]"

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