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Cause of Superbowl blackout was hardware installed to prevent Superbowl blackout

Super Bowl Blackout

Entergy New Orleans, the utility that provides power to the Mercedes SuperDome in New Orleans, announced today that its technicians had determined the cause of the partial blackout during the Super Bowl last Sunday: an electrical relay the company had installed to prevent blackouts.

 

Nielsen scrubs blackout from Super Bowl ratings

Nielsen has excluded ratings from the 34-minute power outage during Sunday’s Super Bowl that plunged half of the Superdome into darkness and left TV-industry navel gazers wondering what effect it would have on the costly franchise’s ratings.

 

NFL: Beyonce not the cause of Super Bowl blackout

Don't blame Beyonce for blowing the lights out at the Super Bowl. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that the halftime show was not the cause of the power outage that darkened the Superdome for half an hour during Sunday's broadcast.

 

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