Portland Performing Arts + Culture Center

Building a destination Arts and Culture center to help revitalize downtown

Portland State is partnering with the City of Portland on a world class downtown arts corridor including a Broadway-capable theater on PSU’s campus alongside space for classrooms, rehearsal studios and space for a resident arts organization. The PSU site will also accommodate a privately financed hotel, conference facilities, bars and restaurants — as well as ample underground parking. 

A Premier Arts Venue for Portland's Next 100 Years

• PSU will work with the City of Portland to build a new performing arts center designed with input from the arts community, allowing for bigger performances year-round with a naturally acoustic design so that guests can hear performers without electronic amplification.
• Community spaces and a second, smaller stage will add flexibility and a far wider range of performers, audiences and opportunities to better serve our city.
• Visitors to the brand-new venue will enjoy more amenities and reasons to go to a show, including space to gather, relax, eat and drink. The site’s large public plaza will also be designed to attract and delight visitors.
• The large PSU site offers a dream space for co-locating the offices of performing arts organizations, with access to rehearsal studios, classrooms, conference and gathering spaces, and other benefits.
• The new performance arts center has a MAX and Streetcar stop already in place, with plenty of additional surface and garage parking available.
• PSU brings additional investment to the table in the form of city, state, private and philanthropic dollars while also elevating a new area of downtown Portland that is ripe for redevelopment.