New Orleans could be a fascinating fate.
Super Bowl 59 will be the first in the city since 2013, when a blackout delayed the game for 34 minutes.
Entergy, a New Orleans-based utility company and at least the person in charge of the incident, is no shame. In fact, Entergy is a founding partner of the Super Bowl Host Committee in New Orleans.
“The issue that caused a partial power outage at the beginning of the second half of the Super Bowl XLVII was addressed in 2013, with the necessary repairs and upgrades made at that point,” Entergy recently provided a statement to USA Today Sports I mentioned it in. “We stopped using protective relay equipment that led to a partial shutdown.”
The location of the problematic relay device has not been disclosed and cannot be used for public inspections. It was “deprecated in 2013 and its service was stopped,” Entergy told USA Today Sports. Is that feed for Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis?
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At the 2013 Super Bowl, Lewis helped the Baltimore Ravens keep the San Francisco 49ers down.
“I’m not going to accuse anyone that they’re nothing, because they don’t know the facts,” Lewis said his second Super Bowl won after that game. “But you’re countless companies, and will your lights go out? No (laughs).
Lewis did not respond to a request for comment from USA Today Sports before Super Bowl 59.
Ray Lewis Conspiracy Theory: Does anyone believe him?
After the 2013 Super Bowl, Lewis explained theories as to why the power came out 28-6 with the Ravens leading in the third quarter with 13:22 left in the Ravens.
“If I grew up now, if you grew up at home like I grew up, sometimes your light might go out. I can’t say that someone wasn’t sitting there. …It’s a huge change in any game.
But Tory Smith, a retired receiver who had two catches for the Ravens that night for 35 yards, said that beliefs between NFL players aren’t always grounded in reality. Ta.
“You think about the guys on the team, some believe the earth is flat,” Smith told USA Today Sports. “So you’re always going to hear some crazy things, especially when it happens at that type of moment.”
On the second thought, the power came within two minutes of Ravens Speedster Jacoby Jones opening the second half with a 108-yard kickoff return.
Smith said, “I mean, no one was in the stadium, there was power, this crazy momentum, literally Beyoncé just played (during the halftime show). And I always did. What I remember was what Jacoby said, man, this place didn’t even lose power when (hurricane) Katrina hit. And such, I, ah, You were like having points.”
And the 49ers?
“We weren’t tripping,” said Frank Gore, who rushed a 110-yard touchdown in San Francisco that night.
What does Entergy say about power outages?
The ASM Global, which manages SuperDome, and the Super Bowl Host Committee, presented Entergy’s blackout questions that provided a written statement.
“Entergy New Orleans worked closely with officials at Caesars Superdome to install significant upgrades and additional redundancy in the stadium’s electrical and lighting systems.”
In 2013, Entergy and other officials denounced the “abnormal” blackout, automatically shutting down and partially reducing power. The press box kicks in before the power is restored, leaving some light in the stadium.
Entergy has since announced that a third party will be hired to carry out an assessment of the cause of the power outage.
As evidence of success, Entergy cited a famous event held at the Superdome during a 12-year run without power outages. These include the College Football Playoffs, Men’s Final Four, WrestleMania, the three-night Taylor Swift concert, and, interestingly, the Beyonce concert.
Beyoncé’s performance, coupled with Destiny’s children members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams at halftime in the 2013 Super Bowl, sparked speculation that her strong production at the time had led to a blackout.
Entergy doesn’t give credit to that theory. Or, the fear that a blackout could disrupt Super Bowl 59 will be running Kendrick Lamar.
“Entergy is being prepared for Super Bowl Ricks weekend to power the Superdome and the entire city of New Orleans,” the company said in a statement. “Entergy Executive Vice President and General Counsel Marcus Brown is chairman of the Super Bowl LIX Host Committee in New Orleans, and Entergy’s team has been closely associated with the Host Committee, Caesars Superdome officials and city officials for over a year. We’ve worked together.
The blackout caused fear
On the 2013 Super Bowl radio broadcast, Kevin Harlan played every play.
“When the lights went off, he had this look on his face,” Harlan told USA Today Sports in a recent interview.
According to Harlan, Esiason’s concerns came from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. The Boomer Essiason Foundation’s office, located on the 101st floor of the North Tower at the Trade Center, was empty when two planes hijacked by terrorists collided with the twin towers.
The possibility that the terrorist attacks caused the blackout was also a concern in the NFL control room, according to Frank Spovitz, then senior vice president of events for the NFL.
“The law enforcement team that was there, the security team that was there, they take care of those questions,” Supovitz said. “We were hit by a terrorist attack? Was it a cyberterrorist attack? Was there a fire? Was there a danger to public safety?
“And fortunately, the answer to that was quickly decided no.”
Thanks to the backup landline, Harlan said he and Esiason were able to deliver the news to radio audiences.
“Now I’ve overcome it, so if I said in my mind that I wouldn’t lie,” Harlan said of Esiason.
What happened in the Superdome Field?
Steve Steliez, the headmaster of the crew hosting at the 2013 Super Bowl, said he was on the Ravens’ sidelines when power came into play. He recalls the exchange with coach John Harbaugh.
“He comes over to me and says, ‘What are you going to do about this?’ “Steries said. “And I’m going” Well, John, that’s really easy. I sit down and let the expert take care of it. ” “
According to the lineman, Stellies sat down.
Solomon Wilcott, a television sideline reporter, said he interacted with Harbaugh as the players tried to loosen up. He said he pointed across the field of Harbaugh’s brother Jim, the 49ers head coach.
“I said, ‘Look at him. He has his guys over there, man. You’ll gather everyone together and talk about what you’ll predict when this game resumes. “You’d better do it,” Wilcott said.
It was too late.
The 49ers were rolling around when the game resumed.
“I’m now looking back at things I know now and didn’t know at the time from a sports science perspective,” John Harbaugh told USA Today Sports. “We didn’t prepare the guys the right way. We did static stretching rather than dynamic stretching. Science has improved so I’ve learned ever since. But , we didn’t warm the guys the right way. And I think we hurt us. I don’t know if that’s why we smoked for the next 15 minutes.”
The 49ers pulled within two points in the fourth quarter, but the Ravens were not the only ones.
According to Supovitz, the NFL Control Room supported it in response to another possible blackout.
“It’s “I’ll never experience it again because the clock clicks as quickly as possible,” Spoitz said.
As Super Bowl 59 approaches, the clock clicks again.
Contribution: Jarrett Bell, New Orleans