Lights Go Out During Monday Night Football

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It was a lights out performance -- today.

Last night and Monday Night Football attack about -- -- matters victory -- apparently not at Candlestick Park now once.

But twice boats leaving a sellout crowd in the dark.

-- in my body counts live on as far as differences -- so what happened.

I'm Martha no one knows -- turned out the lights last night Pacific gas and electric the region's utility company has launched a full investigation.

And NFL security chief said he saw a transformer blow up while he was working irrigate outside the stadium.

And as you just saw the result was quite a spectacle for prime time Monday Night Football fans.

The first power outage left nearly 70000.

People they -- in the dark and delayed kick off by twenty minutes.

Thousands of flashbulbs went off -- cell phone lights were seen in the midst of all that blackness.

When not what it's went out again that happened early in the second quarter after the stadium moved to lob back -- power source.

That's second half outage halted the game between the playoff bound teams for about fifteen minutes.

Fans got a little antsy but overall every one was pretty well -- -- The lights went out when you're just like -- what's that.

You know so you know it's just a little embarrassing moment and I hope all legal millions and then -- think -- -- -- -- should start again.

While the 49ers eventually went on to beat the Steelers -- -- -- three -- outages darkened the teens much anticipated return.

The prime time TV.

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