Damn, people really just want to pin this on Beyonce. SMH. The power outage at the Super Bowl is still being investigated but NFL commish Roger Goodell did make a statement that clears Beyonce’s halftime performance as the reason for the blackout. Beyonce also reacted on the power outage. Check out what they had to say…
Beyonce’s reaction (gotta love her sense of humor!):
According to Julian Linden at Reuters:
The National Football League, the Superdome and a utility investigating the cause of a power outage at one of the world’s most watched and meticulously planned events, on Monday exonerated the halftime show from blame in the Super Bowl mishap.
With more than 108 million Americans watching along with television viewers in 180 countries, about half the stadium lights went dark early in the second half of the game, in which the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31.
The 35-minute disruption came moments after performer Beyonce lit up the Superdome with a halftime spectacular that officials said was powered by generators and would not have sapped the stadium’s electricity.
“There’s no indication at all that this was caused by the halftime show,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters on Monday. “I know that’s out there, that Beyonce’s halftime show had something to do with it. That is not the case from anything we have at this point.”
The Super Bowl ranks with the Olympic Games and soccer’s World Cup among the most planned sporting events in the world, and viewership is so intense that advertisements costing $4 million for 30 seconds on U.S. TV are considered part of the show.
“It (the outage) was on an epic scale for them (organizers) across the board. They start planning Super Bowls approximately four to six years out. It’s the same thing with Olympic committees,” said Dave Longwill, vice president for special events at TBA Global, which stages large events.
“I’m sure they’re already looking at reviewing what’s our contingency plan if this happens at the next one,” he said.
Entergy Corp, the utility providing power to the Superdome, said its distribution and transmission feeders were serving the Superdome at all times.
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