President Donald Trump plans to attend Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reported.
A White House official, speaking anonymously, confirmed Trump's plans to the Associated Press.
Trump will be the first sitting U.S. president to attend the game. Previously, three sitting vice presidents have attended the Super Bowl.
Al Gore visited Atlanta's Georgia Dome in 1994 to watch the Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 30-13. George H.W. Bush was at the game in the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan in 1982, where the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21. And Spiro Agnew was in attendance at Miami's Orange Bowl in 1971 when the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cowboys, 16-13.
Trump's visit to the Caesars Superdome will increase a security presence that was already going to be significant in light of the terror attack on Bourbon Street early on Jan. 1. The Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was delayed one day as a result.
Additionally, Trump is expected to appear on Fox News for an interview with Bret Baier, according to Axios. The interview will be taped at Trump's estate at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and will air during the Fox pregame show at 3 p.m. ET.
This will be the first time in three years that a U.S. president has agreed to a network interview for Super Bowl pregame coverage. President Joe Biden opted not to sit with Fox News and CBS News in 2023 and 2024.
Trump declined an interview with NBC News in 2018, but agreed to interviews with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly in 2017 and Sean Hannity in 2020.
