With just two days until the return of the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs for the 2024 season, the club has announced Hallmark stars Tyler Hynes and Hunter King are joining the World's Largest Tailgate: Tailgate Games taking place ahead of the NFL Kickoff Game.
Hynes and King, who are starring in the upcoming Chiefs-themed Hallmark movie, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, lead the announcement of exciting team rosters and guest appearances of celebrities, athletes and influencers taking part in the Chiefs official pregame show outside GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and live streaming across the world on www.ChiefsLive.com at 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, September 5.
In addition to appearances by Donna Kelce and Saturday Night Live's Heidi Gardner, the World's Largest Tailgate: Tailgate Games will be co-hosted by Rob Riggle and Hayley Lewis, and the Broadcast Boys – Lucas Brody and Nelson Vergara – will serve as in-game correspondents.
As for the teams, YouTube star Funny Marco will captain the Red team, while comedian and actor Desi Banks will captain the Gold team, with rosters made up of influencers, creators, Flag Football participants and Chiefs superfans.
Red Team:
- Captain: Funny Marco
- Girls Flag Football National Champion, Marley Spielberg
- YouTube and TikTok Star, Austin Sprinz
- UK Artist and Content Creator, Formz
- Kansas City Comedian and Chiefs Fan, Brad Ellis
Gold Team:
- Captain: Desi Banks
- Girls Flag Football Player, Madysen Carrera
- TikTok Star, Erika Priscilla
- UK Olympic Gymnast, Nile Wilson
- Kansas City Comedian and Chiefs Fan, *Jake Triplett *
A number of creators will also be on hand for the World's Largest Tailgate, taking in the action for their own channels and followers, including Jojo Sim, Pierson Wodzynski, Nate Wyatt, Elliott Clark, Allison Kuch and Jack "Chef Cuso" Mancuso. Multiple international influencers and channel creators will be on-site as well to highlight the Tailgate Games.
Also announced today was the final competition, the Friendship Bracelet Challenge. The fast-paced contest will be ongoing throughout the World's Largest Tailgate: Tailgate Games as members from both teams will face off in a head-to-head showdown to make the most Chiefs-colored friendship bracelets during the 60-minute pregame show.
All bracelets made during the Friendship Bracelet Challenge, as well as the unused bracelet materials, will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City and distributed to the children and families that they serve.
The World's Largest Tailgate: Tailgate Games features GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium's iconic tailgate experience, celebrates Chiefs fans' welcoming spirit and highlights the fun of friendly competition. The show begins at 5 p.m. CT and will livestream unique tailgate-themed competitions and pre-produced "helmet-off" content with Chiefs players to mobile devices and living rooms across Chiefs Kingdom and throughout the world for free on www.ChiefsLive.com. This Chiefs original program is being produced by the club's media and marketing team in partnership with Bleacher Report's content team and BarkleyOKRP. The ChiefsLive.com virtual experience is produced and powered by Little Cinema Digital.
Fans are invited to visit www.ChiefsLive.com now to reserve their free virtual seat to attend this unique event celebrating the start of the football season.
