Baltimore Ravens win Superbowl 47
Posted February 3, 2013 8:44 pm.
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NEW ORLEANS (NEWS1130) – Baltimore Ravens fans are giddy following the 34-31 victory of their team over the San Francisco 49ers.
Fans wearing the team’s signature black-and-purple jerseys and purple-feathered boas mobbed bars to watch the team’s second Super Bowl appearance.
They were especially there to support middle linebacker Ray Lewis, No. 52, the only current player who started with the team when it came to Baltimore in 1996.
So far, there have been no reports of disturbances or damage in the city.
Fans arrived at bars and pubs hours before the game to get seats. Women showed up with their nails painted purple. Men wore purple Mardi Gras beads. Fans also showed up wearing Lewis’ jersey.
Forty-year-old Darren Love says the celebration was “90 per cent for Ray, 10 per cent for the city of Baltimore.”
The NFL’s biggest game of the year wasn’t without some setbacks. A power outage right after the halftime show caused a stoppage in play for about half an hour. Most of the lights, the main PA system and the scoreboard all lost electricity.
There’s no word on what caused the outage.
Ravens starting quarterback Joe Flacco has been named MVP.
