Super Bowl loses power

According to Yahoo! NEW ORLEANS – With more than 100 million people tuning in, the lights went out at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
At least half the lights did anyway.
At approximately 7:36 p.m. Central time, the lights went out in the Mercedez-Benz Superdome, and play was stopped. After about five minutes, the P.A. announcer came on to tell the crowd that “Obviously, we have suffered a partial interruption of our electrical service. Please remain in your seats.”
The game resumed at about 8:10 p.m. Central time after a 34-minute delay.
One set of lights around the to ring of the Superdome came back on after a couple minutes, and some of the lights in the bank along the Baltimore Ravens’ sideline came back on as well. Some, but not all, of the advertising signs came back on, and the scoreboard remained out, which the San Francisco 49ers are probably happy about. Players from both teams milled around their own sidelines, kept loose with basic stretches, and waited for the continuation of the game.

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