Titan Stadium Suffers Major Power Outage 

By Jocelyn Kay

This past winter and leading into the spring sports season, Albert Einstein High School did not have power in the football stadium. This lack of energy was due to a large electrical failure within the very old setup of the stadium. 

Unlike many other schools in the DCC (Downcounty Consortium), Einstein and its stadium have not been renovated for many years. While recently obtaining a new scoreboard, the electrical, pressbox, and lights that allow teams to play are failing. 

At the very start of the spring sports season, this old power set up gave out and left the stadium without power or water for around three weeks. The leading theory is that the transformer within the stadium and the powerline blew on Feb. 7, when the school lost power during bocce divisionals. It was eventually solved fully within the building, but not fully within the stadium, causing the county to send a very big generator to be placed out front of the stadium as a temporary solution. The transformer was replaced, but major renovations were needed to install a new power line for future years, which involved tearing up part of the softball field and part of the path running to the stadium. 

Still, measures are taken to use as little energy from the generator as possible and primarily used it until Apr. 8. The Athletic Department only turned on the generator when a home game was taking place at Einstein, meaning that on many days when players were practicing, the stadium bathrooms were still unusable. Over spring break, the company contracted by the county installed the new power line and finished on April 8. The problem was not entirely resolved until Apr. 9, when the issues within the pressbox and lights were fixed, resolving the power issues. Now the stadium is fully back on the grid and should remain there for the rest of the spring season.