Saints-Cardinals game canceled

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saturday’s preseason matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Arizona Cardinals has been canceled as Ida takes aim at Louisiana’s coast.

Ida is currently forecast to hit Category 4 strength before landfall late Sunday in Terrebonne Parish.

In a press conference Friday, Governor John Bel Edwards says the game was canceled under his direction.

“I did not feel it was appropriate,” he said.

.@LouisianaGov said he directed the Saints game be canceled.

“I did not feel it was appropriate” to have an NFL preseason game when people need to be where they’re going to stay during the storm on Saturday night.
— Cody Lillich (@CodyLillich) August 27, 2021