Swift Vegas (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Dear Jason Koebler:
Thank you for your interest in public records of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Your request was received in this office on 11/20/2022 and given the reference number R001193-112022 for tracking purposes. You requested the following: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Nevada Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Public reports show that Taylor Swift is playing a concert at Allegiant Stadium on March 24 & 25, 2023, promoted by Ticketmaster: https://blog.ticketmaster.com/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-2023/

Therefore, I hereby request the following records:

1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials related to Taylor Swift concerts. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed Taylor Swift and B) Any other documents related to Taylor Swift including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.

2) All "bid books" or functionally equivalent documents provided to or from the stadium/stadium authority for the purposes of soliciting bids for Taylor Swift concerts.

3) Any seating charts, "ticket holds," ticket allocation information, sales plans, or other ticket sales/distribution plans relating to Taylor Swift

4) Any contracts, presentations, instructional materials, budgets, proposals, or non-disclosure agreements between this office/the city and any of: Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and/or Live Nation Entertainment

5) Any contracts, presentations, instructional materials, budgets, proposals, or non-disclosure agreements between this office/the city and any of: Taylor Swift Touring, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), and/or the Messina Group or Messina Touring Group.

6) Any emails and associated attachments to/from/mentioning “Taylor Swift Touring,” “MTG,” and “Messina Touring Group” sent between August 1, 2022 and the time this request is processed.

6) Any emails and associated attachments to/from email addresses that include "@livenation.com" or "@ticketmaster.com" sent between August 1, 2022 and the time this request is processed. The included emails can be further limited to include the words "Taylor" "Swift" and "Taylor Swift"

7) Any emails and associated attachments to/from email addresses that include “@messinagroupinc.com” or “@themessinagroup.com” sent between August 1, 2022 and the time this request is processed.

Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate ticketing related to Taylor Swift that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE's science and tech site (www.motherboard.vice.com).

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jason Koebler

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Your request is being processed in accordance with the Nevada Public Records Act (NRS 239) and the NSHE Board of Regents Handbook and Policies. Pursuant to NRS 239.0107(1)(c) within 5 business days of receiving this request for public record the UNLV Office of Public Affairs will provide records for inspection or copying or notify the requester one of the following:


* The University office does not possess the information and provide the name and address of the entity that does if known, or
* The information cannot be available within five (5) business days and provide a date and time after which the record will be available to inspect or to obtain a copy, or The request is denied.
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Sincerely,

UNLV Office of Public Affairs

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST updated 11/21/2022, Request # R001193-112022 Dear Jason Koebler, The University has no responsive documents, as it is not the custodian of records for concerts at Allegiant Stadium. If you have any questions, please contact publicrecords@unlv.edu and include the reference number in the subject line. Your request is complete and closed. Please do not reply to this message, as closed requests are not actively monitored.
Sincerely, Office of Public Affairs
University of Nevada, Las Vegas