This from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk:

From the moment we arrived in Atlanta on Sunday, something was different. The lobby at the Marriott Marquis had more police officers than patrons, milling about and sending a clear message to anyone considering any type of chicanery: Don’t try it here.

For 10 prior Super Bowl weeks my family and I have attended, there never had been that kind of a presence so early in the week. Later in the week, sure. But not a full week removed from the game.

This time around, the security grew and grew and grew throughout the week. Bomb-sniffing dogs became the unofficial mascots of Super Bowl LIII.

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Breitbart talks about President Trump addressing the subject of human trafficking at the Super Bowl:

President Donald Trump again highlighted the importance of a physical border on the southern border, pointing to the ongoing problem of human trafficking.

During a White House event highlighting the problems of human trafficking, Trump said that the Super Bowl was an unfortunate magnet for traffickers.

“It’s a big movement now because of the Super Bowl, if you can believe this,” Trump said. “They are bringing in a lot of women through the southern border for the Super Bowl.”

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Finally, this from Fortune, as the airspace around the Super Bowl has been declared a "No Drone Zone":

By ALAN LEVIN and BLOOMBERG

February 1, 2019

The biggest pro football game of the year and the festivities leading to it are supposed to be a “No Drone Zone.”

But FBI agents this week found that the skies in Atlanta near where the Super Bowl will be played on Sunday were actually crowded with the devices. The agency confiscated six of them on Thursday, according to a tweet.

“It has taken up a lot of time for our agents and law enforcement officers to be targeting these drones when they could be working on other security measures,” FBI spokesman Kevin Rowson said, according to the Associated Press.

The Federal Aviation Administration—which coined the term “No Drone Zone”—has barred drones from flying within a mile of Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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