FILE -In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 file photo, National Guardsmen patrol the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. It's an unprecedented security challenge for New Orleans: the city's increasingly raucous buildup to Mardi Gras gets suspended for a week as 150,000 visitors flood the town for Super Bowl. Joining the police department's 1,200-plus officers for Super Bowl week are more than 200 state troopers and about 100 officers from surrounding local jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
FILE -In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 file photo, National Guardsmen patrol the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. It's an unprecedented security challenge for New Orleans: the city's increasingly raucous buildup to Mardi Gras gets suspended for a week as 150,000 visitors flood the town for Super Bowl. Joining the police department's 1,200-plus officers for Super Bowl week are more than 200 state troopers and about 100 officers from surrounding local jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
FILE -In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 file photo, a National Guardsman walks through a fence near the Louisiana Superdome, as security is tightened leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl XXXVI between the St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots. It's an unprecedented security challenge for New Orleans: the city's increasingly raucous buildup to Mardi Gras gets suspended for a week as 150,000 visitors flood the town for Super Bowl. Joining the police department's 1,200-plus officers for Super Bowl week are more than 200 state troopers and about 100 officers from surrounding local jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? The FBI says no credible threats of terrorist activity have been reported as New Orleans prepares for Sunday's Super Bowl.
The head of the New Orleans FBI office and other federal authorities, led by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, discussed security precautions at a news conference Wednesday.
The big game poses a challenge for the New Orleans police force. It coincides with the often raucous buildup to the Feb. 12 Mardi Gras celebration.
On game day, security precautions will include restrictions on air traffic in the vicinity of the Superdome, and pat-down searches of ticket holders entering the stadium.
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