Tickets to Monday's college football national championship game in Atlanta averaging $2,500

Mercedes-Benz Stadium is seen in this aerial photo in Atlanta on Friday, Sep. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik)

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Notre Dame and Ohio State fans have had to endure unprecedented travel demands throughout college football’s first 12-team playoff to reach Monday night’s national championship game.

It would have been reasonable to worry that the prolonged postseason would have exhausted fans’ spending money before the final costs of reaching the championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Instead, the first 12-team playoff has only fed ticket prices for the sellout. Ticket resale sites report prices start at about $1,800 and average as much as $2,500 for the championship game.