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The power just went out at CES, the biggest electronics conference of the year

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Attendees at CES in Las Vegas ran into a small problem Wednesday, just one day after a rainstorm flooded the Central Hall.
Mayhem erupted at CES Wednesday as a power outage in the Central Hall shut down the giant tech conference, taking place in Las Vegas this week.
Staff were told to close all entrances to Central Hall, according to show management. Not even exhibitors were allowed into some areas.
The power outages appeared to be isolated to Central Hall, the exhibit space with tech companies like Intel, Sony, and Samsung.
The other exhibit spaces, North and South Halls, had normal power. Both remained open to CES attendees, though some entrances with access to the Central Hall were closed down.
Power was fully restored around 1:30 p.m. PT, over two hours after it first went out.
Before the power came back on, though, oganizers of the event sent a tweet to attendees encouraging them to „get outside.“
Here’s what attendees were seeing on the ground:
Here’s more photos from the scene:

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