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SAN DIEGO -- Police evacuated Cox Arena on the campus of San Diego State on Thursday, hours before a first-round NCAA Tournament basketball game, after a bomb-sniffing dog signaled a potential problem at a hot dog stand.

The building was cleared while police tried to determine if there was an explosive device in the hot dog stand, assistant vice president for marketing and communications Jack Beresford told Reuters.

He said it was not immediately clear how many people were inside the building at the time but that the teams had not yet arrived.

Two bomb-sniffing dogs detected the package inside a condiment container near a vendor cart outside Cox Arena. A bomb robot was sent to the scene, FBI spokeswoman Jan Caldwell told The Associated Press.

Fans and officials were told to gather behind a parking structure across the street.

"A bomb-sniffing dog noticed something in a hot dog cart," Beresford told Reuters. "They got a hit on something that was in the cart itself."

ESPN's Jay Bilas reported that Marquette was on its bus at the hotel and had not been cleared to come to the arena. Alabama has also left its hotel.

Tip-off between the Golden Eagles and Crimson Tide was scheduled at 2:40 p.m. ET. ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs reported the games will be delayed at least two hours.

Later games include UCLA vs. Belmont at 4:55 p.m. ET, Illinois vs. Air Force at 7:25 p.m. ET and Washington vs. Utah State at 9:45 p.m. ET.

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters is included in this report

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