San Diego NCAA Arena Evacuated

No link yet, just saw it on CBS, but the San Diego tournament site has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found in the arena.

Here’s the only link I’ve been able to find so far:

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9312264

Apparently a suspicious canister was found just before 1 p.m. ET.

http://www.10news.com/news/8063902/detail.html

This is a local TV station’s website. Still not much more in the way of details.

Check this out:

Marquette was set to tip off against Alabama at 11:40 a.m. today, but a bomb-sniffing dog “went hot” near a hot-dog cart and University Police temporarily shut down the stadium.

Now authorities are investigating why the dog “went hot”. I’m kind of guessing maybe he was hungry. :wink:

(story here: http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=euLTJbMUKvH&b=1270899&ct=1738947 )

Are you sure it wasn’t just an especially pungent SBD?

:: d&r ::

That’s what I thought, too. It may be a highly trained, professional dog, but it’s not made of stone. How different does “Hey, I think that might be a bomb!!” look from “Oh, my God, they have hundreds and hundreds of hot dogs!!” in the range of doggy expressions?

I heard a report on ABC radio news just after the all clear was given that the offending package was a box of ketchup. I haven’t seen any other confirmation of that. Anyone else hear/see/read this?

Well, considering Marquette is down by two with 12 or so minutes left to play in the second half, I’d say everything’s ok.

Opps! Now I know where I left the ketchup :smack:

My Bad.