Blackout: Power Outage Halts Giants-Cowboys Game
- Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:33pm by
Meredith Jessup
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The National Football League’s costliest venue temporarily went black Sunday evening, blanketing thee stadium in darkness and briefly delaying football match-up between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys.
Reports from the $1.6 billion New Meadlowlands Stadium — which just opened earlier this year — indicated a blown transformer in the third quarter. During the initial outage, a few banks of lights went out, but just a few minutes later, the entire stadium went dark.
Power was completely out for a few seconds, leading to a surreal experience for both players and fans, neither of whom knew what was going on. According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, there were fights in the stands during the outage. When the lights slowly began turning back on, the public address announcer informed fans of the problem and asked them to stay calm. …
Even after power was restored, there were remnants of the outage. The referee‘s microphone did not work and FOX’s on-screen graphics were temporarily disabled. There was no on-screen overlay of the score, leaving viewers confused as to the score and time remaining. (What did we ever do back in the dark ages before the presence of the score?)
The total game delay lasted for just 12 minutes. At press time, the Cowboys led the Giants 33-20 with just over five minutes left to play.
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ohiojack
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:32pmMaybe they didn’t pay the electric bill on time, after all the state and city are broke.
Report Post »jbh
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:06amOn the lighterside:
cowboys attendance is down, keep people there longer to spend more money. cowboy fans wouldn’t leave.
It’s all about money and the 1.1 billion dollars pricetag for the new venue.
Just my opinion.
Report Post »dablooz
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 9:33amWhile many folks laugh at the Amish as being “backward”, I applaud and appreciate them. I live near a large Amish area and conduct business with them weekly. It’s nice to go into a store and have an eight year old count out perfect change for you, perfect the first time. Then, I’ll drive through a fast food joint and confound the high schooler with a computer to calculate change for them by adding two or three pennies to the bill I give them so I get a nickel or a dime in change instead of 3 more pennies. They look at you like a dog with a new water dish and then complain that their register will be off and the manager will get mad. Yep, technology has made us so much smarter than those backward religious zealots. On the bright side, I guess ‘normal’ kids know so much more about contraception, and how to be sensitive to gays than those pesky Amish folk. I’ve learned so much from my associations with a few of the Amish people. God bless them.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:48pmMust the greenies being mad at the Giants for not using CFL lights.
Report Post »DevotedDad
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:48pmThose damn union workers….
Where is Any Stern and Trumpka?
Report Post »CapitalistforGod
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:20pmDisabled Fox’s screen graphics Huh!,…Well!!!….Them old lefty liberals will go to any length to foul up anything Fox is involved with! I spit on all of their ugly haircuts!… Theweee…..Splatttt.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:18pmJust a small taste of what is to come. Lot’s of people have the power to turn off your Lights,Heat and Food supply. Awake yet ? ( Probably not) Cause it didn’t happen in your neighborhood.
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 10:18pm1.6 billion is way too much for a stadium.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 9:25pmOnce those inflation prices start going through the roof, we will be back to the good ol days of ‘AMISH’ life and having games on Saturday afternoons. LOL.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:22pmOne transformer took out the thing. Sounds like some contractor cut a few corners building it. Probably needed the money to pay off the unions just to get the stadium built at all.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:15pmI find it pretty amusing if ya ask me…..Sitting here trying to put a political tune to this mishap so I came up with this one. Some UNION employee got his pay stub today while monoriting the main electrical control board at the stadium. while glancing over his pay stubb and the deductions he realized his UNION DUES went up, thanks in part of the New Jersey teachers unions and there HI Priced School officials. LMAO..ole well. Who in the hell watches the No Fun League (NFL) anymore? Overpayed players, long hair gorillas, PC football rules. “Oh please dont hit me”.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:19pmWell done.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:09pmNFL Not for long. When the players go on strike next year, lets keep the lights out for a while. And keep them out til you can take a family of four to a game for $50.00. And sit at the fifty…..
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:19pmAMEN…$60.00 – $70.00 for nose bleed section tickets is beyond rediculous. Hell I drop an easy $200.00 to goto a NHL hockey game and thats for 2 tickets, gas and food alone.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:04pmhttp://www.infowars.com/geraldo-rivera-changes-mind-on-ae911truth-and-buildingwhat/
Report Post »dfree11552002
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:56pmgo cowboys, finally a win, maybe garrett will right the ship.
Report Post »oldasdirt
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:50pmMy poor Cowboys.The power has been out in them for a while now.
Report Post »I blame Obama.
MommaGrizzly
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:47pmHhhmmmmm…is this all part of ‘The bees know’…? What do we need to know about NY or Dallas?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:46pmjust think if the next missile fired from a Chinese sub has a nuke and
Report Post »is set off in space causing and EMP to kill all electronics in US ?
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:13pmUnderstood, and it does not need to be a real large one either. At least as I understand the EMP concept.
Report Post »iWonderWhy
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:46pmHow Amish of the NFL
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:02pmAmishphobe??
Report Post »iWonderWhy
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:11pmNot at all, I love the Amish. They’re going to be the group we all turn to if any major event ever happens in this country and we need to learn how to live off the land again.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:11pmNo, just the taste of what is to come when Mr Obama crams down our throat the tax and cap rip off legislation via congress, EPA, or Executive Order in some shape or form. Power outages will just be a part of what we the citizens of America will suffer.
Report Post »eteme
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 8:17pmAmish?!?!? Excuse me buddie? You want to clarify that….
Report Post »iWonderWhy
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 9:26pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 7:42pmtoo bad for the Giants the power came back on.
Report Post »5
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 9:21pmthere were fights in the stands during the outage.
Report Post »Where were they? O’ New York. That makes sense.
thepatriotdave
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 11:56pmOk everyone, I got this… One word “SOROS”.
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