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The memo said utility Entergy New Orleans and the Superdome's engineering staff "had concerns regarding the reliability of the Dome service from Entergy's connection point to the Dome."
The memo was prepared for the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District, the state body responsible for the Superdome.
Authorities then authorized spending nearly $1 million on Superdome improvements, including more than $600,000 for upgrading the dome's electrical feeder cable system, work that was done in December.
"As discussed in previous board meetings, this enhancement is necessary to maintain both the Superdome and the New Orleans Arena as top tier facilities, and to ensure that we do not experience any electrical issues during the Super Bowl," said an LSED document dated Dec. 19.
Superdome commission records show a $513,250 contract to replace feeder cables was awarded to Allstar Electric, a company based in suburban New Orleans.
it sounds like a bunch of finger pointing is about to go down..Its was a power outage,no need to play the blame game,move on.
I am an electrical engineer.. the problem with fixing electrical issues involving decay and overheating is that you also expose issues further up the line that were also caused by the circuit overheating.The memo said utility Entergy New Orleans and the Superdome's engineering staff "had concerns regarding the reliability of the Dome service from Entergy's connection point to the Dome."
The memo was prepared for the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District, the state body responsible for the Superdome.
Authorities then authorized spending nearly $1 million on Superdome improvements, including more than $600,000 for upgrading the dome's electrical feeder cable system, work that was done in December.
I think we'll find out eventually that it was just a breaker ready to trip (from prior overheating issues) at the substation and the firing up of the lighting right after the halftime show was just enough to trip it. As Thornton said, once power was restored, everything was ok.. if there was an actual fault, the power would have gone right out again!Thornton said nothing inside the Superdome malfunctioned, but that the stadium's power supply was cut off from a nearby substation, and that once power was restored, everything inside the dome resumed normal operation.
Florio needs to stick to legal issues.. engineering is obviously not his strong suit.
Yes, a memo was released in October 2012.. but the linked article clearly states that the issue was addressed and corrected:
I am an electrical engineer.. the problem with fixing electrical issues involving decay and overheating is that you also expose issues further up the line that were also caused by the circuit overheating.
I think we'll find out eventually that it was just a breaker ready to trip (from prior overheating issues) at the substation and the firing up of the lighting right after the halftime show was just enough to trip it. As Thornton said, once power was restored, everything was ok.. if there was an actual fault, the power would have gone right out again!
Who freaking cares? I don't ever remember a super dome outage like that prior to any live event and we've hosted multiple national title college events, final fours, superbowls, Saints games, it was a fluke accident.
They need to move the hell on already, it is stupid. Poop happens, deal with it, if anything it made a game that was an absolute blowout turn into a thriller.