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Those concerts, significantly, have included Beyonce, whose halftime show in 2013 preceded the blackout, and Taylor Swift, who brought 200,000 fans to the Caesars Superdome over three nights in New Orleans may be tempting fate. Super Bowl 59 will be the first held in the city since 2013, when a power outage delayed the game for 34 minutes – the first and only time the nation's biggest That Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2013 — the last one held in New Orleans before Super Bowl LIX kicks off on Sunday night — will forever be remembered for its 34 minutes in the dark. 'We never Usually a more regular Super Bowl host city, New Orleans has had to wait 12 years to put the 'Blackout Bowl' right - and the host committee and local power company are taking no chances. For a city that has hosted so many Super Bowls, New Orleans has had to wait 12 years for another shot at the big game. Super Bowl 59, set for February 9, 2025, will be the first in the city since Last Updated 9:16 a.m. ET. NEW ORLEANS Super Bowl XLVII's dramatic second half was made more so by a power blackout, which halted play and left millions of TV viewers in the dark.. The biggest pro Of course, we’re talking about the infamous 34-minute blackout during the 34–31 Ravens win over the 49ers at Super Bowl XLVII. On Feb. 9, the Super Bowl will return to the former Mercedes-Benz Superdome for the first time since the power outage heard around the world. Heading into the Big Game, power company Entergy New Orleans has told The last Super Bowl played in New Orleans has gone down as the ‘Blackout Bowl’, due to a 34-minute power outage in the Superdome shortly after Beyonce’s half-time show. Sandwiching the powercut was another hugely entertaining game as brothers John and Jim Harbaugh faced off as the Ravens and 49ers head coaches. NEW ORLEANS -- The Super Bowl turned into Blackout Sunday. The biggest game of the year was halted for 34 minutes because of a power outage, plunging parts of the Superdome into darkness and Ray Lewis still searching for cause of SB XLVII blackout (3:56) Ray Lewis sits down to discuss the power outage during Super Bowl XLVII, the last game of his NFL career. Power outgage during Super Bowl 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana February 3, 2013. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) ORG XMIT: NOLA2015073119353534 In this article, we’ll look at the next nine times the Crescent City has played host to one of the world’s biggest sporting events. From unmatchable halftime shows to gripping on-field drama to an unexpected blackout, the Super Bowl in New Orleans is no stranger to thrills. Super Bowl VI: January 16, 1972 Catch up quick: In 2013, New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl in the Superdome, which was called the Mercedes-Benz Superdome at the time. How New Orleans will prevent another Super Bowl blackout Officials of Entergy New Orleans say the device, called a relay, had been installed to protect the stadium from a cable failure between the company's incoming power line and lines that run into Game: Result: Super Bowl 4: Chiefs 23, Vikings 7: Super Bowl 6: Cowboys 24, Dolphins 3: Super Bowl 9: Steelers 16, Vikings 6: Super Bowl 12: Cowboys 27, Broncos 10 The blackout at Super Bowl XLVII caused a major momentum shift in the 49'ers favor Credit: Getty. There will be backups on top of backups on top of backups if so much as a single light goes out. As the Super Bowl returns to New Orleans for an 11th time, we rank the 10 NFL title games played there over the past 50-plus years. Ranking the 10 New Orleans Super Bowls: Bradshaw to Blackout Usually a more regular Super Bowl host city, New Orleans has had to wait 12 years to put the 'Blackout Bowl' right - and the host committee and local power company are taking no chances. [8] [9] This was the seventh Super Bowl played in the Superdome, and the tenth to be played in New Orleans, equaling Miami's record of ten in an individual city. [10] [11] This was the first Super Bowl to be held in New Orleans since Super Bowl XXXVI and it was the first to be played there since Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005. Super Bowl 47, held in New Orleans between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers, became infamous for a dramatic power outage that paused the game for over 30 minutes. The Ravens took a strong lead into halftime, but the third quarter saw a surprising comeback from the 49ers, only to fall short.
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