In the wake of a deadly New Year’s Day attack on a crowd on Bourbon Street in New OrleansThe College Football Playoff Sugar Bowl quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame at the Superdome has been postponed until Thursday.

“The Sugar Bowl Committee has been a good corporate citizen of the city of New Orleans for 90 years, and that is why this tragedy hurts us as much as anyone else at this time,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said Wednesday afternoon. “All parties and everyone agree that it is in the best interest of everyone and public safety that we postpone the game.”

The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. CST, but now the game will kick off on Thursday at 3 p.m. CST.

Hundley had originally said the game would be pushed back 24 hours, but Notre Dame, Georgia and the College Football Playoff petitioned New Orleans authorities to move the kickoff time to an earlier day, prompting the 4 p.m. kickoff.

Hundley said officials are working to ensure the game is “a safe, efficient and fun environment tomorrow night.”

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry wanted to reassure football fans that attending the Sugar Bowl would be safe for everyone.

“For the citizens out there who thought, ‘Oh man, do I really want to go to the Sugar Bowl tomorrow?’ I’ll tell you one thing: your governor will be there, believe me, this facility and this city is safer today than it was yesterday,” he said.

The Sugar Bowl committee said in a statement that it was “devastated by the horrific events of early morning.”

In a statement, the University of Notre Dame said it was “working with law enforcement and others to determine the full extent and impact of the tragedy.”

Notre Dame also asked fans to “pray with us for those hurt and lost in this senseless act of violence” and invited everyone already in New Orleans to join them at a previously scheduled Mass Wednesday morning

The University of Georgia released its own statement on social media.

“We are horrified and saddened by the senseless act of violence that occurred in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day. University staff are working to determine whether UGA students, faculty, staff, alumni or fans were among the victims. We extend our deepest condolences to all victims and their families and stand in solidarity with the New Orleans community,” the statement said.

Parts of Bourbon Street from Canal Street to St. Anne were closed after the attack, the FBI said.

“There is so much to enjoy in New Orleans … ensuring our tracks and the Superdome are safe for the game today,” New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said. “We had this tragic event and once again we are sorry to everyone in our community, but we want you to get through the day and just stay away from bourbon.”

A man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m., killing at least 15 people and sending dozens more to the hospital. The FBI said so The driver was killed in a firefight with the police.

“This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Kirkpatrick said, adding that two police officers were hit by gunfire but were in stable condition. A long gun was recovered at the scene, law enforcement sources told CBS News.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell called it a likely “terrorist attack,” and the FBI said in a news release that it was investigating “as an act of terrorism.”