The New Orleans Superdome will be ‘the safest place to be’ during Super Bowl 59 this Sunday.
New Orleans was rocked by a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day, which left 14 people dead and dozens wounded.
US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, visited the site on Monday with Louisiana governor Jeff Landry on Monday before speaking to media.
She said that the Super Bowl is “the biggest homeland security event that we do every year” and that there is currently “no specific, credible threats to the Super Bowl, which I think should give us all a sense of security”.
Since then, US media have reported that Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s game, becoming first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.
There were already set to be more than 2,000 law enforcement agents in New Orleans for the Super Bowl.
The NFL has been working on security of the event for two years and Cathy Lanier, the NFL’s chief security officer, said that adjustments have been made to their security plan since the New Year’s attack.
“I am confident the safest place this weekend will be under the security umbrella,” she said.
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