U.S. Bank signs on as naming rights partner for Portland Center Stage
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Incorporated on April 2, 1929 and based in Minneapolis, MN, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is a financial services holding company with $422 billion in assets, and is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, the 5th largest commercial bank in the United States.
About Property:
Portland Center Stage is a theater company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Theater productions are presented at the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland's Pearl District. PCS was founded in 1988 as the northern sibling of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. It became an independent theater in 1993 and in 1994 Elizabeth Huddle became producing artistic director. Chris Coleman took over in 2000 as the company's fourth artistic director. Coleman hired design firm Sandstrom Design to help refocus the marketing strategy of PCS and increased the variety of productions.