President Donald Trump is planning to go to the Super Bowl.

The White House confirmed that Trump will attend Sunday's rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, and the presence of a sitting United States President at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will add another layer to the atmosphere surrounding Super Bowl 59. Security for this year's Super Bowl had already been enhanced in response to the deadly attack in New Orleans on Jan. 1 that killed 14 people, injured dozens more and forced the postponement of the Sugar Bowl.

The Super Bowl is coming to New Orleans for the first time since 2013 – and less than six weeks after Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a truck into a crowded portion of the city's iconic French Quarter. Jabbar, a Texas resident and Army veteran, died in a shootout with police. Authorities later found an ISIS flag in the truck and investigated the attack as an act of terrorism.

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Trump is believed to be the first sitting President to possibly attend a Super Bowl. President George H.W. Bush twice performed the Super Bowl coin toss – first in 2002 when the New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams in the first Super Bowl after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and then again in 2017 before Tom Brady and the Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons in the biggest Super Bowl comeback of all-time.

Trump declined to pick a Super Bowl winner when asked about the game by reporters Tuesday in the Oval Office, but seemed to reference Patrick Mahomes' remarkable postseason record with the Chiefs in his response.

"I don't want to say, but there's a certain quarterback that seems to be a pretty good winner," Trump said.

Trump will also take part in the lead-up to Sunday's game.

Fox News Channel previously announced it will air a pre-taped interview with Trump during the Fox Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday. The interview takes place at one of Trumps' residences, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, and will "focus on the changes the Trump administration has enacted since the Inauguration and the first 100 days of his presidency," the network released in a statement to USA TODAY.

This would be Trump's first visit to a sporting event since his second inauguration last month, but he's made them a staple of his political and public life.

Trump notably attended several college football games over the past decade and has not shied away from large crowds since surviving an assassination attempt at one of his campaign rallies in Pennsylvania almost seven months ago. He was most recently at the Army-Navy college football game in December.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: President Donald Trump to attend Super Bowl 59