Power outage impacts Target Field in Minneapolis ahead of Twins' home opener

Target Field in downtown Minneapolis lost power for around an hour ahead of the Minnesota Twins' home opener on Friday afternoon.

According to Xcel Energy, an outage in the North Loop neighborhood, near the baseball venue, started shortly before 2 p.m. and impacted 1,540 people. 

Crews restored power around 2:55 p.m., the company said.

Staff at Target Field told WCCO that people were stuck in elevators as a result of the outage. 

The Twins said in a social media post that pregame ceremonies were delayed until the issue was resolved. 

Xcel Energy said an "equipment failure along the main power line that serves the stadium" caused the outage.

The team was scheduled to take on the Tampa Bay Rays beginning at 3:10 p.m. WCCO has learned that the first pitch was estimated for 4:05 p.m.  

Minnesota beat Tampa Bay 10-4. Tristan Gray hit his first career grand slam to cap a seven-run seventh inning for the Twins and Josh Bell had two hits and two RBIs.