New Orleans – Lights Out: Power Outage Stops Game At Super Bowl For Half Hour

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    Players mill around the field after half of the lights went out during the third quarter of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 3, 2013. REUTERS/Gary HershornNew Orleans – Power went out at the Superdome early in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, leading to a 35-minute delay with the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6 on Sunday.

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    The majority of the lights failed shortly after Jacoby Jones returned the opening kickoff of the second half for a touchdown.

    Play finally resumed with 13:22 left in the third quarter.

    During the outage, the public address announcer said the Superdome was experiencing an interruption of electrical service and encouraged fans to stay in their seats.

    Some fans did the wave to pass the time. Players milled around on the sidelines, some took a seat on the bench, other on the field. A few of the Ravens threw footballs around.

    Officials gathered on the field and appeared to be talking to stadium personnel. Finally, the lights came back on throughout the stadium, which appeared to have been operating on auxiliary power.

    There was no immediate explanation for the power failure, which apparently was limited to the Superdome. The lights were on along the main thoroughfare outside the stadium.


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    heshysquirtz
    heshysquirtz
    11 years ago

    Such a long wait

    Secular
    Secular
    11 years ago

    הָעָם הַהֹלְכִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ, רָאוּ אוֹר גָּדוֹל: יֹשְׁבֵי בְּאֶרֶץ צַלְמָוֶת, אוֹר נָגַהּ עֲלֵיהֶם

    11 years ago

    How does this matter to VIN readers who don’t own TV’s?

    amicable
    amicable
    11 years ago

    And here I thought only Wesley Hills loses power

    DRE53
    DRE53
    11 years ago

    That’s the worst “nightmare” for them

    radrad
    radrad
    11 years ago

    Sometimes I also forget to reset the shabbos clocks. Hate when that happens.

    mutti
    mutti
    11 years ago

    new orleans was trying to get the superdome back in the superbowl rotation, I really hope the NFL thinks twice before ever letting them host a superbowl. power outage!?

    mewhoze
    mewhoze
    11 years ago

    so much for the ”superdome”
    guess it aint so super no more.

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    11 years ago

    Darn…….I thought the Superbowl was next week!

    henna252
    henna252
    11 years ago

    Erlichkeit comes from the Torah. There exist the “pintialy” yid in everyone, but its all from Har Sinai