Saints legend Drew Brees among many praising increased safety measures at Super Bowl LIX

NEW ORLEANS – The metropolis of New Orleans started disconnected 2025 successful a tragic way, arsenic a panic onslaught connected its celebrated Bourbon Street killed 14 radical and injured 57 others. 

While the city, and the state for that matter, mourned together, it was lone earthy that galore looked up to this week, Super Bowl LIX week, successful the Big Easy.

How harmless would the thousands beryllium successful this metropolis conscionable 1 period aft the horrific attack?

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Military members and constabulary defender a barricade connected Bourbon Street anterior to Super Bowl LIX.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Several erstwhile and existent NFL stars spoke with Fox News Digital astir however harmless they consciousness being successful New Orleans astatine the moment, and Drew Brees, the Super Bowl-winning backmost of the Saints, explained what has been wide since this week began. 

"You announcement the instrumentality enforcement beingness everyplace you go," Brees said. "Every thoroughfare that I’ve driven down, you consciousness the presence. I anticipation everybody feels safe. This is meant to beryllium a celebration, it’s meant to beryllium everybody coming unneurotic having a bully time. Looking retired for 1 another, but having a large time. 

"I deliberation that New Orleans, the NFL and everyone progressive has done a phenomenal job. The authorities of Louisiana, Governor [Jeff] Landry, everyone’s done a phenomenal occupation to marque definite everyone feels safe, relaxed and having a bully time."

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Brees' Saints teammate Mark Ingram II reiterated his feeling of information successful the metropolis helium ever loves coming backmost to, particularly erstwhile shot is involved. 

Ingram spoke to the resilience of the radical wrong this large city, and helium firmly believes that nary different spot successful the state could beryllium safer close now. 

"There’s nary amended spot to beryllium arsenic acold arsenic information close present than New Orleans," helium said. "There’s subject retired present with ARs similar each block. Police, undercovers. I cognize what happened was tragic, and our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by that. Everyone was affected by it. But close now, the metropolis has responded, and the NFL has responded. Walking astir the city, there’s nary safer spot to beryllium close present successful America than close present successful New Orleans.

"New Orleans is simply a resilient city. The radical are resilient and strong, truthful benignant and it’s ever a blessing to travel backmost to New Orleans, to a metropolis that’s truthful important to me. It’s been a immense portion of my life."

New Orleans Police vehicles connected Canal St. artifact the entranceway to Bourbon St. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Green Bay Packers prima Josh Jacobs added: "With everything that went connected successful this city, and successful this satellite lately, I deliberation that it’s an utmost value to beryllium capable to consciousness harmless and protected. The radical retired determination connected a day-by-day ground giving themselves and putting their bodies and lives connected the line, they person the astir gratitude and respect from me. I emotion what they’re doing."

"When I got successful past night, there’s a mates roadworthy blocks, the beforehand of the edifice was blocked. It was similar this was the astir unafraid I’ve ever felt," escaped cause receiver Braxton Berrios mentioned. "National Guard, military, constabulary crossed each bases they person covered. Tremendous occupation by them, and we truly admit it."

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Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday the Department of Homeland Security has "no credible threats" connected Super Bowl LIX successful New Orleans. 

New Orleans is expecting upwards of 125,000 visitors to converge connected its metropolis limits, wherever parties, concerts and different events volition beryllium happening passim the week starring up to the game. 

"We’re going supra and beyond what we’ve seen successful the past erstwhile we’ve hosted previously," New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said during a quality conference. "We cognize we’re safer than we’ve ever been before."

Louisiana State constabulary motorcycle officers connected Canal Street anterior to Super Bowl LIX.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Safety volition beryllium astatine the forefront, with state, national and section instrumentality enforcement officers with boots connected the crushed during the Super Bowl, Lanier said, though details astir protocol were not disclosed. 

Agencies including the FBI and Secret Service volition beryllium astir the stadium and downtown New Orleans, according to DeLaune. They volition see rooftop snipers, BearCat armored SWAT vehicles and more. 

There volition besides beryllium national aerial marshals, who are armed, stationed astir the city’s nationalist proscription hubs scanning for suspicious radical and activity, portion besides guarding against drones. There is simply a prohibition connected drones astir the Superdome and downtown New Orleans passim the week and formation restrictions up to 18,000 feet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. 

Super Bowl LIX volition beryllium streamed connected Tubi. (Tubi)

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All the stops person been pulled retired successful presumption of information successful the Big Easy, and it shows, nary substance wherever you go. 

President Donald Trump is besides expected to beryllium successful New Orleans for the crippled connected Sunday.

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