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[chikara]

..... I would expect to hear "I've got tickets to the Yankees" much, much more frequently than "I've got tickets for the Yankees [game]". I think the difference might be that it could be a shorthand for "tickets to [see] the movie/game", or something, but honestly I don't know. ......

That is how I interpret it, "tickets to [see] the movie/game" and "tickets for [entry to] the movie/game".

As a matter of interest I Googled "tickets to" and "tickets for" and received 14.1M hits and 13.8M hits respectively.

Akhademik-san, sorry if we seem to have hijacked your thread.

[Akhademik]

nah, nothing at all i would love to learn some tips for you guys too, i need to improve my English skill though