TRIPLE TRIUMPH BEFORE TRUMP?

Chiefs seek unprecedented 'three-peat' amid heightened security at Super Bowl

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The Kansas City Chiefs chase a historic hat-trick of Super Bowl titles when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb 9, as New Orleans hosts the National Football League (NFL) showpiece just five weeks after a deadly attack in the city's party district.

In a first for a sitting US President, Mr Donald Trump will be among an array of VIPS and celebrities in a sell-out crowd of around 74,000 who will be packed into the Caesars Superdome for the biggest annual event in the American sporting calendar.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift will also be in attendance as her boy-friend Travis Kelce and his Chiefs teammates bid to win an unprecedented third straight Vince Lombardi Trophy, and a fourth in six seasons.

There is a heavy police presence in the city and blanket security around the event after the New Year's Day attack which saw 14 people killed and many more injured in the Big Easy's famous Bourbon Street district.

Authorities expect over 100,000 visitors to the city for the game which the Department of Homeland Security has assigned a Special Event Assessment Rating Level 1 designated event, the highest classification level of public safety risk.