Getting to PTE

Prairie Theatre Exchange is located on the 3rd floor of Portage Place Shopping Centre at 393 Portage Avenue. 

By Bike
NEW:  PTE has a new permanent bike rack just inside the lobby doors, available for all performances and any time you visit PTE. It’s advised that you bring a lock, but once the show has started, the lobby doors are locked for security. 

By Car
You'll find convenient, heated underground parking in the Portage Place parkade, only accessible off Vaughan Street. NOTE: The Carlton parkade entrance is closed as of July 11, 2025 due to construction.

From Street-Level
As of July 11, the mall doors at Portage & Edmonton will be closed for construction. The main street-level access for Prairie Theatre Exchange is at the doors mid-way between Edmonton and Kennedy Streets. Once you enter there, proceed into the mall and turn right to the clock tower to use the escalators or Elevator 6 to come up to the third floor.

By Bus
PTE is centrally-located on bus routes from all areas of the city. Most downtown buses will stop directly in front of the mall, or across the street from it.

By Taxi, Uber, Transit Plus or Drop-off
All evening drop-offs must be made at the doors mid-way between Edmonton and Kennedy streets, as those are the only mall doors that are open after 6 pm. Or have the dropoff happen in the parkade at Elevator 6 - a vehicle can enter and leave without needing to pay.

Reaching  PTE on the Third Floor:
Elevators and escalators in the Clock Tower courtyard (Edmonton & Portage Avenue) are the only way to reach the third floor on PTE's side. Any other elevator only goes to the second floor or to the wrong side of the mall.

In the underground parkade, look for Elevator 6, near the Carlton entrance, to take you directly to the third floor. NOTE: construction on Portage Place has started and there is a wall across the parkade near Elevator 6 on both levels, but there is still access to both the elevator and the pay station next to it.

If you use Elevator 4 &5, simply go to the first or second floor, get off, and walk towards the Clock Tower. NOTE: Elevators 4 & 5 will take you to offices on the third & fourth floors across the mall from PTE - there is no access to PTE from that side.