While the Super Bowl returns to New Orleans on Sunday, the same goes for an old story of the last time that the Caesars Superdome welcomed the Big Game in 2013.
The game 12 years ago, featuring the Ravens of Baltimore and San Francisco 49ers, was sadly famous for the power failure which delayed the action for 34 minutes – the first and the only time the event has been interrupted for lack of power.
Entergy, the electricity company of New Orleans, responsible for the Bévue, does not hide the embarrassment of the incident. The company is a founding partner of the reception committee of the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
“The problem that caused the partial breakdown at the start of the second half of the Super Bowl XLVII was discussed in 2013, and the necessary repairs and improvements were made at the time,” Entergy told USA Today Sports . “We have abandoned the use of the protective relay equipment that led to partial breakdown.”
While the electricity company seemed to repel the incident, the secondary temple Ray Lewis raised questions about the breakdown.
Lewis helped the ravens repel the 49ers, who reduced the space after the return of the lights. It was before Baltimore prevails, 34-31.
An old conspiracy theory of the 2013 Super Bowl resurfaced the hours before the big game
The last time the game was in New Orleans, a power failure delayed the action momentarily
“I’m not going to accuse anyone of anything – because I don’t know the facts,” said Lewis after this match, his second victory for the Super Bowl. “But are you a company of dollars zillions and your lights go out?” No. (Laughs). Certainly not. ‘
Shortly after, Lewis explained his theory on the reason why the breakdown occurred with 13:22 to do in the third quarter while the Ravens led, 26-6.
“Now listen, if you grew up as I grew up – and you grew up in a household as I grew up – so sometimes your lights can go out because times become difficult. I understand that, ”he said.
“But you can’t tell me that someone was not sitting there and when they say:” The ravens are about to impress them. ” Guy, we would better do something. It is a huge change in any game, seriously. And as you see how huge it was because it left them directly in the game.
On the other hand, Torrey Smith, who caught 35 yards for the Ravens during the match, said that beliefs among NFL players are not always rooted in fact.
“You are thinking of the team guys, some of the guys believe that the earth is flat,” Smith told USA Today Sports. “So I mean, you will hear crazy things at any time, especially when it happens in this type of moment.”
The breakdown occurred for less than two minutes after Jacoby Jones opened the second half with a kick -off of 108 yards – which makes the timing more suspicious.
Said Smith: “I mean, no one had been in a stadium where power died, then you have this crazy momentum, and literally Beyoncé has just occurred (during the show at halftime). And what I always remember is that Jacoby said, guy, this place has not even lost power when (the hurricane) Katrina struck. And this thing was, I was like, oh, you have a point.
The breakdown naturally aroused the fear of fans and media members. Addressing USA TODAY SPORT, KEVIN HARLAN admitted that his colleague BOMOMER ESIASON “ had this look on his face when the lights have turned off ”.
According to Harlan, the fear of the commentator came from terrorist attacks on September 11. An office for the Boomer Esiason Foundation on the 101st floor of the Northern Tower of the World Trade Center was empty when the diverted planes crashed in the buildings.
The power failure occurred two minutes after Jacoby Johnson had a return to kick off from 108 yards
While the 49ers managed to fill the gap, the Ravens won the victory, 34-31, in Nola
The prospect of a terrorist attack causing the breakdown was also a concern in the NFL control room, according to the former vice-president of senior NFL events, Frank Suppovitz.
“The police team that was up there, the security team that was up there, we are dealing with this question,” said Supovitz. “Have we had a terrorist attack?” Was it a cyber-terrorist attack? Was there a fire? Was there a danger to public security?
“And fortunately, the answer to this was very quickly determined to be not.”
A set of generators died before the lights stop completely, providing a certain light on the ground because the problem was solved behind the scenes.
Solomon Wilcots touch journalist also said that he was interacting with Ravens coach John Harbaugh while players were trying to stay free. He said he had pointed out on the brother of Harbaugh, Jim, then the 49ers head coach.
“I said,” Look at him. He has his guys there, guy. You better bring your guys together and talk to them about what to anticipate when this game resumes ” said Wilcots.
The conspiracy theory occurs while the chiefs and the eagles are preparing to compete on Sunday at the Trophy Lombardi. To add suspicions, the chiefs were at the center of the theories that involved them put pressure on the referees to their third consecutive title of the Super Bowl.
