How much did the Perth (Optus) Stadium project, including its precinct, cost to deliver?
The Perth Stadium, now Optus Stadium, is a roughly 60,000-seat multi-purpose stadium at Burswood in Perth, Western Australia, with construction from 7 December 2014 on 2,000 driven piles by about 5,800 workers and a first public opening on 21 January 2018, designed by Cox Architecture. StadiumDB gives its cost as AUD 1.6 billion including the surrounding precinct, up from an original AUD 700 million, while Austadiums lists a construction cost of AUD 820.7 million.
Reported project cost
AUD 1.6 billion
Approximately $1.2 billion
Cost basis: 2018
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Key dimensions
- CapacityAustadiums
- 61,266 seats
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