Downtown universities are engines of opportunity for both students and the cities they serve. PSU President Ann Cudd reflects on why Portland State University is all in on the Center. Q+A with Dr. Ann Cudd, president of Portland State University Q: How do downtown universities serve their na…
The Performing Arts + Culture Center will spark year-round vitality, with more performances, conferences, PSU activity, and visitors who support businesses across downtown. We already know the economic benefits of constructing a new Performing Arts + Culture Center in downtown Portland. It w…
In a recent meeting of the City of Portland’s Arts + Economy Committee, PSU Foundation President Sarah Schwarz, on behalf of Portland State, offered testimony reacting to calls for a “win-win” solution that could create a larger vision incorporating both the Keller Auditori…
A market feasibility study commissioned by the City of Portland recommends developing the Performing Arts + Culture Center to serve as the city’s Broadway-capable venue while also providing an accessible home for educational activities, resident companies and non-profit organizations.…
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The Performing Arts + Culture Center represents a vision for Portland’s next 100 years of arts and culture, with future-forward resources, capabilities and amenities serving patrons, presenters, artists, visitors and students. To be constructed on downtown’s largest developable l…
A recent traffic study commissioned by the City of Portland found no impediments to moving ahead with planning and development of the Performing Arts + Culture Center on the 4.25 acre site that faces SW Lincoln Street. DKS Associates, a local transportation engineering firm, noted that the m…
Before the Oregon State Legislature adjourned in June 2025, the Portland Performing Arts + Culture Center received $137.5 million in state bond funding — a win for Portland and for Oregon that reflects the project's statewide significance. “Investments in arts and culture are in…
The Performing Arts + Culture Center will create significant economic activity, generate thousands of jobs, and be the market signal Portland needs. The Center’s development will create an estimated 400 permanent jobs and 2,000 construction jobs and open up possibilities for additional…
