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Want to see Peyton play? It’ll cost you

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers will be talking to reporters Monday about Sunday’s big match-up.

Both teams have arrived in northern California and are starting off the week with Media Day. So, what if you wanted to take the last minute trip to California to see the game in person?

We all saw the headlines last week about how this might be Manning’s last “Rodeo,” based on something he said to a certain Patriots head coach after a certain AFC Championship game. If you want to be at that rodeo, it looks like you’re going to have to reach deep in your pockets, but exactly how much?

Let’s just start out with getting there on Friday and heading back on Monday. A flight from Indianapolis to San Francisco would cost about $750 and up with a layover included, and that’s the cheapest flight 24-Hour News 8 has found so far.

When it comes to staying for three nights in a hotel, if you want to be near the stadium, the lowest price for all three days we could find was about $350. Those prices vary the further you get away from the stadium

How about tickets to the game itself? 24-Hour News 8 talked to Circle City Tickets in Indy. Tickets are about the same as they were last year at this time, between about $4,000 and $10,000 each. For people in Indianapolis, at this point they haven’t bought as many tickets as 2014. That was when Peyton went to the Superbowl with the Broncos for the first time.

“This year I think the fans have kind of moved on and becoming Andrew Luck fans,” said Mike Peduto from Circle City Tickets. “Even though a lot of people still love Peyton we haven’t seen a lot of people calling and saying hey I’m going because Peyton’s in the Superbowl.”

If you’re going to see prices go up, it typically happens every year the Wednesday or Thursday the week before.

Here’s another little tip. The game isn’t in San Fransisco. So fly to either Oakland or to Santa Clara (where the stadium is) and try to save on airline tickets that way.

So, the end total for a trip is anywhere between $5,500 and up depending on where you want to sit for the game.