NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed a day because of an attack about a mile away from the Superdome early Wednesday, when a truck plowed into a New Year's crowd and killed 10 people.

The game, originally scheduled for 7:45 p.m. Central at the 70,000-seat Superdome, has been pushed back to Thursday night, Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said.

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"Public safety is paramount," Hundley said at a media briefing alongside federal, state and local officials, including Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. "All parties all agree that it's in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours."

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter said the decision to postpone the game "was not done lightly.""It was done with one single thing in mind: public safety -- making sure that the citizens and visitors of this great city, not only for this event, but for every event you come to in Louisiana, that you will be safe," Carter added. "And we will use every resource possible."

Landry said he had a message for those thinking, "Man, do I really want to go to the Sugar Bowl tomorrow?"

"I tell you one thing: Your governor's going to be there," Landry said. "That is proof, believe you me, that that facility and this city is safer today than it was yesterday."

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Hundley said work was underway to "set up a safe and efficient and fun environment" at and around the Superdome on Thursday night. "We live in the fun-and-games world with what we do, but we certainly recognize the importance of this and support (public safety efforts) 100%."

The Superdome was on lockdown for security sweeps on Wednesday morning, when people with offices in the Superdome -- including officials with the Sugar Bowl and Sun Belt Conference -- were told not to come into work until further notice.

Some credentialed Superdome employees were permitted into offices by Wednesday afternoon.

The casualties occurred when a driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, injuring more than 30 people. The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack at about 3:15 a.m. along Bourbon Street near Canal Street, the FBI said.