Perth Stadium, Sports stadium in Burswood, Australia
Perth Stadium is a stadium in Burswood, Perth, with a capacity of 61,266. It forms a broad oval bowl around a flat grass field, with two tiers of pale grey and white seating. A white roof supported by slender columns runs around the top edge, and a digital screen sits high on one side.
A 2003 state review of Western Australian sporting venues led to a 2007 taskforce report recommending a new 60,000-seat stadium. After the Subiaco plans were scrapped in 2009, the Burswood site was announced in June 2011. Construction ran from December 2014 to December 2017, and the stadium was officially opened on 21 January 2018.
The arena serves as home ground for two Perth football clubs and also hosts summer cricket matches. On game days the surrounding plazas and walkways fill with supporters wearing club colors, while local families often gather here for shared afternoons of sport.
A dedicated train station with six platforms sits right at the stadium and brings large crowds to the site on event days. Several bus stops supplement the connection and make arriving without a car straightforward.
The stadium's two ends carry separate names: the Member's End and the Langer Stand End. Construction took three years and involved 5,800 workers, and the final cost of A$1.6 billion far exceeded the A$700 million first planned. Naming rights went to the telecom company Optus in 2017 under a ten-year deal.
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