ReutersDuring the 34-minute delay caused by a power outage at the Superdome, CBS reported that the problem was caused by the failure of an outside power feed into the stadium.
The company that provides the power has a different take. Entergy sent out word that the failure was on the side of the Superdome and that there wasn’t a problem with the power they were providing to the stadium.
Power issue at the Super Dome appears to be in the customer's side. Entergy is providing power to the Dome.
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Entergy New Orleans (@EntergyNOLA) February 04, 2013There’s sure to be a lot more finger pointing in what was a very embarrassing moment for the league and the stadium on the biggest possible stage.
UPDATE 9:45 p.m. ET: The Superdome and the NFL have both released statements about the power outage.
“Power has been restored. We sincerely apologize for the incident,” said Superdome spokesman Eric Eagen.
“Stadium authorities are investigating the cause of the power outage. We will have more information as it becomes available,” said the league in their statement.
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*gets popcorn*
This could be more entertaining than the game.
Iam sorry but the game don’t feel right now !
After living in Baton Rouge during Gustav, Entergy sucks and most likely it was there fault and always passing off the blame
A small delay is nothing to get all crazy about. Stuff happens.
No need, Buffalo Wild Wings just took credit on facebook… Genius free advertising for them.
What a joke. The biggest event in America and they fumble something this fundamental.
NFL clearly was afraid of the Ravens running away with it. Sorry haters. You cant fight destiny.
Shocker.
Ahh America, it’s always someone else’s fault…
Dallas doesn’t look so bad now
Seems to a quick prayer from ray ray would’ve restored the power.
This is going to be fun
Outside power problem would probably take a lot longer to rectify.
Had to be one of the Main Lighting breakers. Once the breaker is reset it takes those types of lights about 5 min to fire back up.
Cut them a break. These things happen. No need to place blame.
And now the power outage has turned the tide of the Super Bowl…..
typical utility. not our fault. it’s the other guy’s fault.
Like some backward poor country, New Orleans displays to the world its lack of infrastructure and unpreparedness to host a world class event.
-It is an embarrassment to America around the globe.
-It is an embarrassment to the NFL and CBS sports.
Obviously a world class event like the Super Bowl can never again be played in the backward town of New Orleans that cannot supply the energy requirements of the Super Bowl and the town.
This clearly demonstrates why real football games should be played in the real outdoors and not in some artificial cave with artificial light on artificial carpet built way back in the 70′s.
All I know is mrs. Harbough can’t be happy with all the eff-bombs her boys are throwing around.
we are witnessing possibility of a historic game changing super bowl.
Powergate! Watch the city of New Orleans blame the Commissioner!
any New Orleans figures out a way to get revenge on Goodell… well played NO, well played.
And here come the 49ers…if the 49ers come back to win this game, this will become the biggest controversy in the history of the NFL. People will be screaming that the game is fixed, that this was done on purpose. The NFL is facing a dark, dark nightmare if San Francisco wins this thing.
I’d round up all the 49ers fans and see which of them pulled the plug on the power.
btw didnt we see this script last sunday at wwe royal rumble match btw rock vs. cm punk?
gave me more time to drink my cool refreshing Budweiser and eat my crispy Doritos …or maybe i watched too many commercials during the outage
Beyonce’s smug knocked out the power.
Who cares! The city is the underbelly of society anyways!
They will always find someone to blame their problems on… FEMA, Roger Goodell, now the power company!
Face it new orleans… Your city is a sewage plant… My septic dumps into the mississippi!
Glad you drink the water… If only you knew how much i jerked off in it!
Tastes great! Less filling! LMAO
Bill Belichick did it. He was last seen driving away from the stadium muttering, “If I can’t have it, nobody can!”
You fools. What’s worse, the outage or the Cowboys selling Super Bowl tickets to seats that didn’t even exist?
That what happens GOODELL when you punish the city of New Orleans for bull crap bounty gate and never show evidence you brought bad Vodoo to your self and now ruined a superbowl because of it. Thanks bum
It was George Bush’s fault
Wonder if the real story will ever come out. If it was intentional sabotage would anyone admit it?
There was a bounty on the stadium. Goodell expected to ban Superbowl for 1 year!
Jerry your comment is so classless I truly believe you jerk off with the lack of actual sex you don’t get. This is not on Nola. It’s not like the block went out of power. It was certain breakers in the Dome. Anyone with electrical knowledge knows this. People need to grow up and stop the hating on one of the best cities in America.
And it’s comical for entergy to release a tweet as fast as they could but couldn’t get electricity back on after a small hurricane for almost 2 weeks. One of the worst companies to deal with in the state.
I am sure all of the doofuses with the “second rate city” comments said the same thing about SF when they lost power on Monday night last year.
Grow up.
Of course Entergy won’t take the blame. What would that tweet look like.
“Dear SB fans, due to out poor maintenance program, a power failure knocked half the Dome out. #oops”
After all they’ve got stock holders to look after and can’t afford a smudge on there record.
the outage didn’t help baltimore and it didn’t hurt SF…
I’ve seen longer booth reviews, so it wasn’t that abnormal
Actually reports saying that the Power and Light company had to replace 2 transformers which caused the blackout .
Mercedes needs to sell more cars so that next time, they can pay the bills on time.
It’s way either the fault of the electric company ,beyonce long performance or the bookie making the spread.
Ridiculous. I want details. I don’t trust anyone.
NOLA gives Goodell one last middle finger before he leaves!!
Awesome!!! Well played!
A new Orleans friend of mine had the tweet of the night: “This time it’s the rich folks in the Dome with no power.”
Where was Ray Lewis during the Power Outage? Did anyone come up dead?
There are some people of very low character posting in these two threads. Next time you decide to call someone “backwards” or “classless” or “second rate” you need to takea long look in the mirror and ask yourself if maybe you are, in fact, revealing a little something more about yourself than you’d like to think.
ya’ll are a joke…jerry gets roasted because of a once in a 20yr storm that the dfw metropolis isn’t equipped to deal with as no southern city is. Then he catches the blame for ticketgate. Even though all know that the NFL takes over the stadium operations. Had they left the cowboys in charge the stands would have been up in time…had this outage occur at cowboy stadium jerry would be hung from the highest rafter
and to whoever said jerry sold tickets that weren’t there is clueless. Jerry and the cowboys had no control over that. Once your stadium is chosen to host, operations are ceded the NFL. Had Jones’s been in charge those seats would have been built in time…get your facts straight.
Chill people……everyone who is complaining about the voodoo power outage are forgetting one simple fact….it gave all of us non Niner and Raven fans something to remember this SB for other than Rays last ride and Bro vs Bro….er’ Brother vs Brother….the nights the lights went out in Nawlins? Gave my crowd more time to eat drink and be merry! Thanks N.O. for a game for the ages…even if it’s the blackout we remember!
I think someone tried to use the microwave and vacuum at the same time
It looked suspicious. Couldn’t have happened at a better time for the NFL who wants the SB to be close at the end. SF got to regroup and right on schedule that’s what happened. They still had basically a half left to play and the power interruption didn’t interfere with the halftime show.
Gosh the NFL leads a charmed life. A rash of questionable calls at the very end insures the final score and the great Ray Lewis becomes the star of another NFL Films masterpiece.
Beyonce knocked it out TWICE in rehearsals. Need to know more??