(This story has been updated to add new information.)
Notre Dame will not be playing against Georgia Bulldogs in the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans tonight.
The Fighting Irish and Bulldogs were scheduled to play each other this evening in a highly anticipated College Football Playoff quarterfinal game. The contest has been postponed until Thursday, Jan. 2, after a deadly attack occurred in New Orleans’ French Quarter early this morning.
A man drove a truck into a crowd celebrating the New Year, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 30. The incident happened on Bourbon Street, just blocks from the Caesars Superdome, which is where the game was slated to take place.
The game is being moved to tomorrow in order to give police more time to gather and review evidence. They are also making sure that the area is once again safe to be in.
From USA Today:
“Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said that after consulting with representatives from the two schools, the conferences and ESPN, ‘All parties all agreed that it’s in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours.'”
Thursday’s Sugar Bowl will kick off at 4:00 p.m. ET.
A Georgia student is among the injured, but marked safe along with the team’s traveling party.
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