Secretary Kristi Noem stated Monday the Division of Homeland Safety has “no credible threats” on Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
Noem spoke at a press convention forward of the Tremendous Bowl between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Whereas it is all about soccer within the “Large Simple” this week, discussions about security for this huge occasion naturally got here up following the New 12 months’s Day terror assault on town’s historic Bourbon Avenue.
Terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 civilians and injured 57 others after ramming his Ford F-150 truck by means of crowds celebrating on the well-known avenue round 3 a.m. on Jan. 1. Jabbar was killed throughout a shootout with police.
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Gov. Kristi Noem throughout a Senate Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs Committee affirmation listening to in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 2025. (Getty)
The NFL held a public security press convention on Monday in New Orleans the place Noem spoke alongside Cathy L. Lanier, the league’s chief safety officer, Eric DeLaune, Homeland Safety Investigations particular agent in cost, Col. Robert P. Hodges, Louisiana State Police superintendent, and Anne Kirkpatrick, New Orleans Police Division superintendent.
Noem mentioned the fact of the hazard world wide, however relating to occasions right here in the USA, she was clear with how secure the Tremendous Bowl can be.
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“The world is a way more harmful place, however right here within the homeland, we’re secure, and I’ll let you know that proper now we’ve no particular credible threats to this occasion on the Tremendous Bowl, which I feel ought to give us all a way of safety, but in addition figuring out we are going to regulate that as wanted,” she defined. “As we speak, there aren’t any credible threats that we’ve which might be on the radar for this occasion that’s developing on Sunday.”
Noem additionally touched on safeguarding “our traditions,” just like the Tremendous Bowl, relating to everybody doing their half to supply a secure surroundings for these touring to town for the large sport.
“[It] exemplifies how we come collectively to safeguard our traditions,” she stated. “How we come collectively to make it possible for the general public is well-informed and will get the prospect to rejoice one thing that’s very particular to us, to our tradition, to our folks, to our households. However we additionally do it in a approach that’s reactive to the present surroundings we see on the planet in the present day.”
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Gov. Kristi Noem speaks throughout the Republican Nationwide Conference, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Picture/J. Scott Applewhite)
New Orleans is anticipating upwards of 125,000 guests to converge on its metropolis limits, starting Wednesday, the place events, live shows and different occasions shall be occurring all through the week main as much as the sport.
“We’re going above and past what we’ve seen previously after we’ve hosted beforehand,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell stated throughout a information convention. “We all know we’re safer than we’ve ever been earlier than.”
Security shall be on the forefront with state, federal and native regulation enforcement officers with boots on the bottom throughout the Tremendous Bowl, Lanier stated, although particulars about protocol had been left unsaid.
Companies together with the FBI and Secret Service shall be across the stadium and downtown New Orleans, per DeLaune. That can embrace rooftop snipers, BearCat armored SWAT automobiles and extra.
Authorities patrol Bourbon Avenue as it’s reopened in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 2, 2024, after the New 12 months’s assault. (Kat Ramirez for Fox Information Digital)
There may also be federal air marshals, who’re armed, stationed across the metropolis’s public transportation hubs scanning for suspicious folks and exercise, whereas additionally guarding in opposition to drones. There’s a ban on drones across the Superdome and downtown New Orleans all through the week and flight restrictions as much as 18,000 ft, per the Federal Aviation Administration.
New Orleans has already begun beginning to shut down, and restrict site visitors, on roads close to the Superdome. DeLaune additionally talked about the perimeter of the Superdome may have blast limitations, requiring vans to undergo large X-ray machines usually seen at border crossings to make sure security across the web site of Tremendous Bowl LIX.
From bomb-sniffing canine, to improved safety infrastructure, to extra manpower and sources, all of the stops are being pulled out to make sure the protection of each particular person heading to New Orleans to expertise the NFL’s closing sport of the 2024 season.
This safety will carry over into New Orleans’ well-known Mardi Gras season, which has already begun.
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“New Orleans would be the security place to be wherever within the nation,” Phillip Constantin, adviser with U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company, stated.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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