All that A-list talent appears in the ad at a faux Super Bowl party, supposedly hosted by Hart.ĭraftKings' in-house creative team collaborated with Hart’s HartBeat Productions for the ad. From the entertainment world, the commercial cast has actor/rapper Ludacris and WWE legend The Undertaker. The ad teams DraftKings' lead spokesman Kevin Hart with hall of famers David Ortiz, Julius Erving, Lisa Leslie, Emmitt Smith and Tony Hawk (yes, there’s a Skateboarding Hall of Fame in Simi Valley, Calif., and Hawk was among the first enshrinees). last month, the 30-second spot is scheduled to air in the first quarter on Fox. J among legendary athletes in DraftKings' Super Bowl spotįor its upcoming Super Bowl ad, DraftKings assembled an all-star cast from across sports and entertainment, impressive even by the parameters of the NFL championship game telecast, which has accounted for 19 of the top 20 most watched TV shows in U.S. I stare out the window and wait for spring.' - Rogers Hornsby, a. 'People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. At the risk of raising an issue that is probably only of concern to less than that proverbial 1% (and also largely restricted to sports-industry types): Are we now interminably saddled with NBA All-Star Weekend following the Super Bowl by only four days? That doesn’t seem ideal for either property.
