New Orleans ramps up Super Bowl security with over 100,000 Chiefs and Eagles fans expected a month after terror attack
New Orleans ramps up Super Bowl security with over 100,000 Chiefs and Eagles fans expected a month after terror attack
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New Orleans officials are ramping up the city's security ahead of the Super Bowl, a month after 14 people were killed in a New Year's Day terror attack. Thousands of fans will flood into Louisiana next week as the Chiefs and Eagles prepare to face off in Super Bowl LIX.
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And according to Fox 8 in New Orleans, extensive security measures are already being put into place as fencing, tens and additional surveillance cameras are being installed near the Superdome. The outlet added that new steel wedges have been placed at 'key entry points' off of Bourbon Street.
NFL Security is leading the safety efforts with the help of local officials. Super Bowl LIX, on February 9, will come less than two months after New Orleans was rocked by a terror attack on Bourbon Street. Shamsud-Din Jabbar rammed his truck into people celebrating New Year's Eve.
There have been increased security measures put in place in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl LIX. Additional surveillance cameras have been placed near the Caesars Supderdome. Fox 8 reported that the city is considering a proposal from an outside firm which would see Bourbon Street become a pedestrian-only zone.
Nonetheless,, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said that security planning for the Super Bowl began 18 months ago. 'We will have multiple tactical teams, multiple undercover officers. We will spread them out in the Dome, the exterior of the Dome, the French Quarter, and the CBD,' Hans Ganthier, NOPD's Chief Deputy Superintendent of the Field Operations Bureau, added.
