Saints, Cardinals game canceled due to Hurricane Ida

The New Orleans canceled its preseason crippled against the Arizona Cardinals arsenic the authorities braces for Hurricane Ida.

The crippled was scheduled for Saturday astatine the Caesars Superdome.

"Due to the intensification of the hurricane passim the time and aft the astir caller tropical update, the team's enactment has made the determination successful the champion interests of each unit that whitethorn person been straight and indirectly affected by the storm," a connection from the Saints says.

The squad said it consulted with Louisiana's governor, the City of New Orleans, the National Weather Service and Homeland Security anterior to making the decision.

Hurricane Ida is expected to deed Louisiana Sunday arsenic a Category 4 storm.