The CBS television broadcast of Sundays video game between the Buffalo Bills at the Miami Dolphins was briefly dropped during the very first half due to technical problems arising from a power failure in the stadium.
The network was told there was a power blackout in a quadrant of the arena that led to the blackout, CBS Sports senior vice president Jen Sabatelle informed USA TODAY Sports in a telephone call.
Throughout the blackout, CBS relayed the action from the Broncos-Steelers game while it worked to fix the issue.
The failure came late in the very first quarter at Hard Rock Stadium, the home website for the Dolphins. The broadcast of the game then went out for approximately 20 minutes, before it resumed midway through the 2nd quarter.
Earlier in the day, there was some rain and light wind reported in Miami Gardens, Florida, the website of Hard Rock Stadium. Hurricane Beta, which is swirling to the west of Florida in the Gulf Coast, has actually brought rain and wind to the area.
Since halftime, the Bills were leading Miami 17-10.
Two plays after the kickoff that began the 2nd half, the video game was suspended due to lightning strikes in the vicinity.
There was 14:57 left to play in the third quarter at the time play was suspended.
Dolphins-Bills CBS television broadcast briefly dropped during Hard Rock Stadium power outage – USA TODAY
