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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

Perth stadium open day
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Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2018
austadiums.com

Project metrics

Key dimensions

CapacityAustadiums
61,266 seats

Project record

Timeline

  1. 7 December 2014

    Construction started

    StadiumDB
  2. 21 January 2018

    Opened or launched

    StadiumDB

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