Super Bowl 50 Adds: $5 Million for 30 Seconds of Fame
This evening at 6:30 pm ET American football fans will be ready to watch the most important game of the year: the Super Bowl. In this year's edition - the 50th edition - the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will face off in front of a worldwide audience and compete for arguably the biggest prize in sports. Considering that there may be around 115 million viewers, big companies may be tempted to buy 30 seconds of time to promote their products. However, they will have to dish out the big bucks; reportedly it be require USD $5 million for a 30-second commercial.
Ad Age Datacenter estimates spending on adds for this year's edition of the Super Bowl could go up to a total of USD $377 million, with the average spot selling for USD $4.8 million.
