Based on ticket resales through mid-afternoon Monday, demand for seats at Monday night's game is up 118 percent compared to last year's national title game between Alabama and Clemson in Tampa, Fla., according to secondary ticket marketplace StubHub.
Through mid-afternoon, StubHub said the average price paid for resale tickets to Monday's game on its site had been $2,303. The latest get-in price _ the lowest available ticket price at mid-afternoon _ was $1,469 for an upper-level corner seat on StubHub.
The most expensive single seat that has been purchased on StubHub was a lower-level club seat in Aisle 110 for $12,000, according to the company. A suite sold for $94,000.
And dating back to when tickets for the game first went on the secondary market _ well before the Georgia-Alabama matchup was set _ the least expensive ticket sold on StubHub was $750 for an upper-level sideline seat.
As of mid-afternoon, there were 1,300 tickets available on StubHub. Almost all tickets to the game are digital.
For years, Atlanta sports and tourism boosters have made a strong case for the city as the "Capital of College Football," citing the passionate fans who live here, the major corporate sponsors based here, the star players recruited from here and the big games played here.
But despite all of that, college football's national championship has never been decided in Atlanta _ an omission that will be corrected Monday night.
"The first time to have the national championship game of this sport played in Atlanta _ it seems kind of crazy to even say that," Michael Kelly, the College Football Playoff's chief operating officer, said on one of his many trips here to prepare for the game.
