Power Outage At The Super Bowl [PHOTOS, VIDEO] — UPDATE

By Joe Student February 3, 2013 Posted in 2013 Super Bowl, Football, NFL, Sports, Super Bowl XLVII Joe Student g+ page

Some of the lights in the Superdome in New Orleans went out during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday night, causing play to be stopped.

With the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers, 28-6, a power surge allegedly* caused some of the overhead lights inside the Superdome to go out at the 13:28 mark of the third quarter. The power outage happened immediately following a sack of Niners’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick by the Ravens’ Arthur Jones.

Several media members inside the Superdome tweeted pictures of the lights going out at the Super Bowl.

UPDATE: As of approximately 9:10 (ET) the lights were back on, and the teams had resumed play.

*UPDATE II:

NFL statement: “Stadium authorities are investigating the cause of the power outage. We will have more information as it becomes available.”

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) February 4, 2013