Sugar Bowl postponed in wake of suspected New Orleans terrorist attack, sources say

By Jeff Duncan
In this Jan. 7, 2008, file photo, color lights play on the Louisiana Superdome at twilight before the BCS championship college football game in New Orleans. The BYU-LSU game will be played Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at the Superdome in New Orleans after massive flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey forced it to be relocated from NRG Stadium.
In this Jan. 7, 2008, file photo, color lights play on the Louisiana Superdome at twilight before the BCS championship college football game in New Orleans. The BYU-LSU game will be played Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at the Superdome in New Orleans after massive flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey forced it to be relocated from NRG Stadium.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl is being postponed in the wake of a suspected terrorist attack in downtown New Orleans earlier in the day, multiple sources said Wednesday.

The New York Post is reporting the game has been pushed 24 hours to Thursday night.

The game between Georgia and Notre Dame, was scheduled to kick off at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Caesars Superdome.

The Sun Herald will update this story.

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This story was originally published January 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM