New Orleans is ‘beefing’ up security ahead of Super Bowl 59 on Sunday.
According to NBC, around 3,000 officers from the Department of Homeland Security and the Louisiana State Police will be in the French Quarter and environs, while Bourbon Street will be closed to traffic from 5:00 p.m. to at least 5:00 a.m.
This city’s famous Bourbon Street is being heavily reinforced in the run-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl after a New Year’s Day attack on the busy thoroughfare left 14 people dead and dozens injured.
As law enforcement and security personnel finalize preparations for the NFL championship game, approximately 3,000 officers from agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and the Louisiana State Police will be stationed throughout the French Quarter and surrounding areas.
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced this week that Bourbon Street would be closed to traffic from at least 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. in light of the Jan. 1 attack, in which a man plowed a pickup truck into the celebratory crowd gathered along the street.
