These are the Black Hawks swooping over super bowl 53. we’ve been preparing for this for several months. Customs and border protection agents on the move, preparing to enforce a 30-mile no-fly zone around mercedes-benz stadium on game day. Authorities say so far there have been no credible specific threats against the big game but they’re on high alert.
More than 70,000 people will attend the game. 150,000 tourists are expected. So are 1 million people at pregame events throughout Atlanta. Has security been on par with a presidential inauguration? State of the union? It is. Every bit of that. This very helicopter we’re in right now will be patrolling around the stadium on game day, providing live video feeds from the air of what’s going on. On the ground, more than 5,000 officers watching, more than 10,000 security cameras. It’s all hands, all day. All hands and all eyes, both on and off the field.