The NFL issued a statement regarding the blackout at the SuperDome on their official Twitter account:
NFL statement: “Stadium authorities are investigating the cause of the power outage.We will have more information as it becomes available
— NFL: AroundTheLeague (@NFL_ATL) February 4, 2013
The NFL Super Bowl 2013 Main event between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers was put on hold at around 7:36 Central time, the lights went out in the Mercedez-Benz Superdome.
An estimated 100 million people tuning in on live television when the lights went out, the Ravens were leading with the scorecard, moments after Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones opened the second half with a Super Bowl record 109-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
