NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Following the New Year’s Day terror attack that killed 14 people and left dozens injured, Mayor LaToya Cantrell emphasized at Friday’s (Jan. 10) Super Bowl press conference that the city will be safe for the week-long event.
“We are more than ready to host Super Bowl LIX,” Cantrell said. “Come to the city of New Orleans and feel the NOLA love.”
Cantrell said that the Federal Protective Service and Department of Homeland Security agents arrived in New Orleans on Friday.
Cantrell asked the Biden Administration to send in federal experts in the days after the terror attack to help identify security soft spots throughout the city.
The mayor said the federal team spent about two hours Friday briefing with NOPD and the city’s new security advisor, former NYPD commissioner William Bratton.
“We started collaborated efforts and that will be, not butting heads with Commissioner Bratton, but …