Lights out at the Super Bowl
Football fans took to social media to make 'light' of a power outage during the Super Bowl Sunday night. The outage, which affected most of the stadium lights at New Orleans' 73,000-seat Superdome, caused a 34-minute delay in the game.
Storified by CTVNews.ca· Sun, Feb 03 2013 19:11:16
ever wonder what that extra light switch in your house is? it turns off the super bowl.Lizzie N. Huckaby
Kanye turns off superdome lights. Sorry Baltimore ima let you finish in a second but beyonce had the best performance of all timeJordan Mondello
Thank God I have this "Superdome Lights-On" iPad app.Steve Martin
If the Niners win do the power lights get named super bowl MVPJose Martino
Scooby Doo just pulled the masks off the two guys who got caught flipping the lights off in SuperDome and it was Joe Montana and Jerry Rice!Tom Clark
Even the Superdome has more lights on than that kick returner after that hit #badumbumKurt Twichell
The power went out early in the third quarter of Super Bowl action, when the Baltimore Ravens led the San Francisco 49ers 28-6. Players stayed on the field and stretched as they waited to get back into action, while a public address announcer asked fans to remain in their seats.
If the Ravens lose I don't want to hear that the light delay had an effect. It's the Super Bowl there's no excuses for losingJon James
Poor Superdome janitor misheard a commentator saying it's lights out for San Francisco.Chuck Elmore
The power waz out here at the super bowl crazy somebody forgot to pay the light bill. lolJames Anderson
Eventually, the lights came back on and the game resumed. As did the jokes:
Bummer. I was hoping the lights wouldn't come back on so that the Super Bowl would be decided by a game of laser tag.MissElle.R.Bee
Following the outage, the 49ers went on a scoring binge to close the gap with the Ravens, who had led early on in the game.
The lights may be on in the superdome, but they are apparently still out for the RavensMikal Anderson
With files from The Associated Press
Au début du troisième quart du 47 Super Bowl, une panne électrique touchant l'éclairage du stade a interrompu le déroulement de l'évènement sportif le plus regardé aux États-Unis alors que le pointage était de 28-6 en faveur des Ravens de Baltimore face aux 49ers de San Francisco. Le match a été arrêté pendant 34 minutes à cause de cette panne. Une fois la partie reprise, les 49ers ont réduit l'écart dans le pointage.

Malgré la forte remontée des 49ers en deuxième demie, les Ravens ont tout de même tenu le coup pour remporter le match par le pointage de 34 à 31. Le quart-arrière de l'équipe de Baltimore  a été nommé le joueur du match grâce à sa performance de trois passes de touché.

Le spectacle de la demie a mis en vedette la chanteuse  alors que  a chanté l'hymne national au début du match.