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Power to half of Mercedes-Benz Superdome, including the scoreboard, went dark with 13:22 left in the third quarter of the Super Bowl.
Gameplay resumed at 9:10 p.m. ET after nearly 35 minutes of head scratching.
During the outage, Twitter lit up with speculation as to what caused the outage. Oreo also shared a yummy reactionary tweet.
Is this the part where Bane comes out?— Joe Fernandez (@JoeFernandez) February 4, 2013
Beyonce used up all the power with this: twitpic.com/c0qk4t #SB47— NowThis News (@nowthisnews) February 4, 2013
Who backed up against the light switch?— Bill Maher (@billmaher) February 4, 2013
Sending some LEDs to the @mbusa Superdome right now...— Audi (@Audi) February 4, 2013
Finally, America cares about the infrastructure in NOLA.— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) February 4, 2013
When the lights go out in the #superdome... The networks make more money :) #Superbowl #niners #ravens— Savannah Peterson (@SavIsSavvy) February 4, 2013
#SuperBowl blackout is clearly sabotage perpetrated by PBS #DowntonAbbey #BlameBates— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 4, 2013
The lights went out because Ocean's Eleven broke into the stadium and stole the Super Bowl rings.— Mt. Diablo (@HumnoiNation) February 4, 2013
Don’t think of this a power outage it’s a energy conservation time out. #SuperBowl— Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) February 4, 2013
Buffalo Wild Wings guys got a tad carried away— Bob Ley (@BobLeyESPN) February 4, 2013
SF HACKED THE SUPERDOME— Stephan West (@swest) February 4, 2013
Ray Lewis was crying by the power outlets #SuperBowl— Cedric Bixler Zavala (@cedricbixler_) February 4, 2013
No power = Katrina aftermath. Let's call FEMA. #SuperBowl— Cody LaGrow (@CodyLaGrow) February 4, 2013
The Power went out. New Orleans blew a fuse BC Phil Simms talks too much. #superbowl— Evan Shapiro (@eshap) February 4, 2013
Would be cool if this blackout turns out to be a VERY effective commercial for candles. #SuperBowl— Jen Statsky (@jenstatsky) February 4, 2013