Are there public records or FOIA requests showing when the stadium reservation was made?
Executive summary
The documents provided contain process-level guidance and examples of public-records portals but do not include any specific stadium reservation record or a FOIA/records request that directly shows when a particular stadium reservation was made; therefore there are no source-backed public records in this packet that answer the question affirmatively [1] [2]. The reporting assembled here shows where one would look and how to request such a record—state and local open-records laws, university athletic-record practices, and public portals like NextRequest—but it does not itself produce a stadium reservation timestamp [3] [4] [5].
1. Why the packet doesn’t contain the reservation timestamp — and what that absence means
None of the supplied sources includes a copy of a stadium reservation, a reservation log, or a responsive FOIA release showing the date and time the reservation was made; the materials are guidance and platform examples rather than case-specific releases, so the absence of a reservation record in these sources means the question remains open until a targeted records search or request is made to the agency or institution that holds reservation records [2] [5] [1].
2. Where such records typically live: agencies and institutional custodians
Stadium reservations are ordinarily handled by the local government agency, university athletic department, stadium operator or parks and recreation office—each subject to different public-records rules—so the right custodian must be identified before searching or filing a request (state or municipal portals; university athletic departments listed in FOIA directories) [4] [2] [6].
3. How to search first before filing: public portals and proactive posting rules
Federal and many state agencies proactively publish commonly requested records and maintain FOIA libraries, and many cities and counties publish prior requests and responsive documents on platforms like NextRequest where search can sometimes turn up an existing reservation record without a new request [1] [2] [5]. The FOIA.gov portal and agency FOIA pages are the canonical starting points for federal records and for guidance on framing a request; for nonfederal stadiums the city/university public records portal or the athletic department is usually the practical starting point [7] [8] [9].
4. The mechanics: filing a targeted request that can produce a reservation timestamp
FOIA and state open-records laws require a written request that reasonably describes the records sought; a successful request for a stadium reservation should name the stadium, give the date range, identify contract or reservation logs, and request email or calendar records showing when an event or reservation was created—requests must be directed to the correct agency and may be subject to fee and timing rules [1] [9] [3]. If the stadium is university-affiliated, the Intercollegiate FOIA directory warns that state laws and university exceptions vary and can affect response timelines and what is released [4].
5. Limitations, exemptions and alternative explanations to watch for
Even properly framed requests can trigger exemptions—personal privacy, law enforcement, proprietary information, or institution-specific exclusions—and agencies sometimes issue Glomar responses or take procedural steps that delay or deny production; the FOIA guidance emphasizes these nine exemptions and procedural realities, and state laws add variation in deadlines and exemptions that can materially affect whether and when reservation-making records appear [7] [1] [10]. It is also possible the reservation exists but has not been published online or previously requested; absence from the supplied dataset is therefore not evidence the reservation never occurred, only that the current documents do not contain it [1].
6. Practical next steps grounded in the sources
Begin by searching public FOIA libraries and municipal or university NextRequest portals for prior requests and responsive documents (some jurisdictions publish thousands of requests and documents publicly) and, if none are found, file a narrowly tailored written records request to the agency that operates the stadium or the university athletic department citing the relevant state or federal records statute; consider requesting calendars, reservation logs, invoices, and email chains and be prepared for fees, exemptions and response-time variance across jurisdictions [2] [5] [9] [3].