Power out for 1 hour during Roughriders' pre-season game
Cannister of confetti hit a nearby power line, SaskPower says
The first game of the farewell season at Regina's Mosaic Stadium included a one-hour power failure.
The Rider game against the B.C. Lions was interrupted at half-time when, according to a representative of SaskPower, someone shot a cannister of confetti which hit a nearby power line.
B.C. was up 18-6 at the time of the outage.
The power failure was fixed around 9:30 p.m. and play resumed.
Mosaic Stadium is set to be torn down after the end of the 2016 season.
A new facility, west of the existing one, is nearing completion and is expected to be finished by the fall.
And we're back (ish). Lights starting to turn back on. Crowd erupts. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/riders?src=hash">#riders</a> <a href="https://t.co/66z2a3X64K">pic.twitter.com/66z2a3X64K</a>
—@SaskdornCBCTrust us, we're trying everything. 🔦🕯<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFLGameDay?src=hash">#CFLGameDay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RiderNation?src=hash">#RiderNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/jN7vWNAnHm">pic.twitter.com/jN7vWNAnHm</a>
—@sskroughriders<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RiderNation?src=hash">#RiderNation</a> is in charge of the lights during the power outage. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShowSomePassion?src=hash">#ShowSomePassion</a> <a href="https://t.co/PRDZwpLCbp">pic.twitter.com/PRDZwpLCbp</a>
—@Fernie635And the lights go out at halftime <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/riders?src=hash">#riders</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fightthepower?src=hash">#fightthepower</a> <a href="https://t.co/yESqT2p2WV">pic.twitter.com/yESqT2p2WV</a>
—@SaskdornCBC