Fans of Georgia and Notre Dame attended the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans under heightened security measures following a deadly terror attack. Bomb sniffing dogs checked vehicles and snipers were positioned on rooftops as the event proceeded a day after the original scheduled date.
A bomb sniffing dogs checks vehicles at the Superdome as the Sugar Bowl is played with enhanced security about 36 hours after the terror attack in New Orleans .
Horsey was in New Orleans with her husband, Joe, a 48-year-old Georgia graduate, and their teenage children, Jack and Zoe. “You could sense the musicians trying to get people riled up. People are kind of going through the paces, a little bit in shock, but trying to make the best out of the day,” he said.
Flags were at half-staff outside nearby government buildings in memory of those killed in the attack, which has been labeled by authorities as an act of terrorism. The crime scene, which was gradually cleared so it could be reopened to the public on Thursday, is about a mile’s walk from the Superdome.Police blocked regular traffic from passing by the main Superdome entrance on Poydras Street, an eight-lane downtown artery.Security officers around the 70,000-seat stadium were handling dogs trained to sniff for explosive devices. They encircled cars entering the dome’s parking garage and in some cases sniffed bags and backpacks.
The crowd was “friendly, nobody yelling back and forth at each other,” he said. “I think everybody’s coming in hoping for a good game and wanting to make the most of a really difficult situation.”
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