As the Super Bowl returns to New Orleans on Sunday, so does an old story of the last time that Caesars Superdome was the host of the great game in 2013.
The game 12 years ago, starring the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers, was infamous with the blackout that delayed the action for 34 minutes, the first and only time the event was arrested for the lack of power.
Entergy, the New Orleans -based electric company responsible for the error, does not hide the shame of the incident. The company is a founding partner of the Super Bowl host committee of New Orleans.
“The problem that caused the partial blackout at the beginning of the second half of the Super Bowl XLVII was addressed in 2013, and the necessary repairs and updates were carried out at that time,” Appy told the USA Today Sports. “We discontinued using the protection relay team that led to partial interruption.”
While the electric company seemed to eliminate the incident, the supporter of the Hall of Fame, Ray Lewis, asked questions about the interruption.
Lewis helped the Ravens defend themselves against the 49ers, who closed the gap after the lights returned. That was before Baltimore prevailed, 34-31.
An old theory of the conspiracy of the Super Bowl 2013 resurfaced hours before the great game
The last time the game was in New Orleans, an energy cut delayed the action momentarily
“I'm not going to accuse anyone of anything, because I don't know facts,” Lewis said after that game, his second victory at the Super Bowl. But are you a company of billions of dollars and your lights go out? No. (laughs). By no means.'
Not long after, Lewis explained his theory about why the interruption occurred with remaining 13:22 in the third quarter, while the Ravens led, 26-6.
'Now listen, if you grew as if you grew, and you grew up in a home as if it grew, then sometimes your lights can come out because the times get difficult. I understand that, '' he said.
“But you can't tell me that someone was not sitting there and when they say,” the Ravens (they are) about to vent them. Man, we better do something. That is a great change in any game, seriously. And as you see how big it was because he let them return to the game.
On the other hand, Torrey Smith, who caught 35 yards for the Ravens during the game, said that beliefs between NFL players are not always rooted in the events.
“You think about the team's boys, some of the boys believe that the earth is flat,” Smith told the USA Today Sports. “So I mean, you will listen to some follies at all times, especially when it happens in that kind of moment.”
The interruption occurred less than two minutes after Jacoby Jones opened the second half with a 108 -yard kick return, which makes the moment more suspicious.
Smith said: “I mean, nobody had been in a stadium where power came out and then you have this crazy impulse, and Literally Beyoncé has just done (during the part -time show). And what I always remember was that Jacoby said: Man , this place did not even lose power when (hurricane) Katrina hit. And those things were, I was like, oh, you have a point.
The interruption naturally caused fear between fans and media members. In statements to USA Today Sport, Kevin Harlan admitted that his colleague Boomer Esiason “had this expression on his face when the lights went out.”
According to Harlan, the commentator's fear arose from the terrorist attacks of September 11. An office for the Boomer Esiason Foundation on the 101st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center was empty when the kidnapped airplanes crashed into the buildings.
The blackout occurred two minutes after Jacoby Johnson turned 108 yards kick
While the 49ers managed to close the gap, the Ravens secured the victory, 34-31, in Nola
The perspective of a terrorist attack that caused the interruption was also a concern in the NFL control room, according to former senior vice president of NFL events, Frank Suppovitz.
“The application team that was there, the security team that was there, we are taking care of that question,” said Supovitz. 'We had a terrorist attack? Was it a cyber attack? Was there a fire? Was there any danger to public safety?
“And happily, the answer to that was determined very quickly.”
A set of generators shot before the lights went out completely, providing some light in the field as the problem was solved behind the scene.
The reporter of the Solomon Wilcots line also said he interacted with the Ravens coach John Harbaugh, while the players tried to stay loose. He said he pointed to the field to Harbaugh's brother, Jim, then the 49ers chief coach.
'I said:' Look at him. He has his boys there, man. You better gather their boys and talk to them about what to anticipate when this game resumes, “Wilcots said.
The conspiracy theory occurs when the Chiefs and Eagles prepare to face the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday. To add suspicions, the Chiefs have been in the center of theories that involve them receiving a thrust of the referees towards their third consecutive title of the Super Bowl.