With the day of the game finally here, ticket prices for the College Football Playoff national championship between No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami are at historic levels.
The day after Indiana’s win over Oregon in the Peach Bowl the cheapest ticket for the Jan. 19 game on GameTime was over $3,500, including fees. The average ticket price was $5,589 — more than double the average price of last year’s game.
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Tickets went down in the days after the semifinals. Per GameTime, the get-in price on Thursday was just under $2,700 after two days of declines.
Now, with the game merely hours away, prices have shot back up. As of Monday morning, the get-in price to the national championship rose to $3,910. The average ticket price was $5,740.
There are a couple of obvious reasons for the high prices. The game is at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens where Miami plays its home games. And the Hurricanes are playing for their first national championship since the 2001 season.
Indiana, meanwhile, has never won a national title in football. And its fans are enjoying every minute of its undefeated season. Hoosier fans flooded Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for Friday night’s Peach Bowl blowout of Oregon. It’s not an exaggeration to say that more than 80% of the crowd was wearing red. Indiana has the largest living alumni base of any school in the country; there are lots of alums who would love to see their school play for a national title.
Ticket prices could come down as the game gets closer, but it seems very likely that this year’s game will set a record for the most expensive title game ever.
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