Swift Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh)

Jason Koebler filed this request with the University of Pittsburgh of Pennsylvania.

It is a clone of this request.

Multi Request Swift Pittsburgh
Submitted Nov. 17, 2022
Status
Rejected

From: Jason Koebler

Subject: Pennsylvania Right to Know Act Request: Swift Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh)

Mail

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:

Public reports show that Taylor Swift is playing a concert at Acrisure Stadium on June 16-17, 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/department/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

From:

Subject: Response to Right to Know Act Request

Email

Jason,

I am writing to confirm receipt of your June 18th follow-up to your November 18, 2022 Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, and to inform you that the University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education ("Pitt") respectfully declines to provide such information as no applicable federal or state open records law requires Pitt to provide you with the information requested.

The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law (65 P.S. §67.101, et seq.) specifically exempts state-related universities such as Pitt from the definition of Commonwealth agencies. Therefore, Pitt is not subject to the same open records requirements of other public institutions. See, e.g., Mooney v. Board of Trustees at Temple University, 448 Pa. 424, 292 A.2d 395 (1972); Roy v. Pennsylvania State University, 130 Pa. Cmwlth. 468, 568 A.2d 751 (1990).

Thank you,

Dominic J. Maguire
Executive & Legal Assistant to:
Geovette Washington, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer<https://ouc.pitt.edu/staff/geovette-e-washington>
Michael Pierce, Associate Legal Counsel<https://ouc.pitt.edu/staff/michael-pierce>
University of Pittsburgh - Office of University Counsel
2400 Cathedral of Learning | 4200 Fifth Ave | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
Direct: (412)624-5860 | E-mail: djm267@pitt.edu<mailto:djm267@pitt.edu>

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