PG&E and the City and County of San Francisco Investigate Power Outages at Candlestick Park
The San Francisco 49ers' home-field 20-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, televised live on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcast, was delayed by back-to-back power outages that twice plunged Candlestick Park into darkness, according to a Reuters report.
The first outage struck right before game time on Monday, delaying the opening kickoff until power could be restored about 20 minutes later. The lights went out again early in the second quarter, stopping play for another 20 minutes.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) issued the following statement from Geisha Williams, executive vice president of electric operations, about the power outages that impacted Candlestick Park yesterday evening:
"PG&E is working closely with the City and County of San Francisco, owner and operator of Candlestick Park, to determine the cause of tonight's power outages. The first priority for both PG&E and the City and County has been to get the power restored as quickly and safely as possible and keep the power on through the rest of the game. Determining exactly what happened and working to prevent something like this from happening again is very important to everyone involved."
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