Preferred alliance team for Perth Entertainment & Sporting Precinct announced

The development of the Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct is progressing, with detailed design set to commence following the appointment of a preferred alliance team. 

The alliance between Seymour Whyte Constructions, Civmec Construction & Engineering and Aurecon Australasia will be tasked with carrying out design, development, site investigations and early works preparation. 

With their construction experience on the new Boorloo Bridge and the Matagarup Bridge, the alliance will integrate key insights from recent community and stakeholder consultation, which garnered hundreds of ideas such as pop-up events for music, food and wine festivals, space for smaller gigs and local shows, sports such as cycling and roller derby, and provision for urban forest development and nature playgrounds. 

The Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct is a key election commitment that will create a vibrant, multi-purpose destination in Burswood, realising its full potential for sport and recreation. 

Not only will this project deliver benefits for the local community and everyday park users, but it will also help boost Western Australia’s capacity to host a range of arts, cultural and sporting events. 

“The new multi-purpose Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct at Burswood Park will elevate Western Australia’s standing as a premier place for sport and entertainment. 

“The preferred alliance team announced today have delivered some of our most iconic projects including the new locally made Boorloo Bridge, which has become an incredible piece of public infrastructure. 

“This project will deliver significant economic benefits to the State, as well as deliver quality public infrastructure for the local and wider community to benefit from for decades to come. 

“As we look along the Burswood Peninsula there is a significant suite of public infrastructure that has been built over the past decade, whether it be locally built bridges, the transformation of parklands or the completion of Opus Stadium and major transport infrastructure, they have all been delivered with the community’s benefit in mind. 

“The Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct will be another cornerstone project to highlight WA’s local capability and capacity and represents significant jobs and opportunities for WA workers and business. 

“I’m please the competitive tender process resulted in strong Western Australian based team who can put WA-made at the forefront of this project,” Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said. 

Concept plan for the precinct (source: Building for Tomorrow)

Key features of the precinct will include: 

• A new outdoor amphitheatre for live music and other events, with 15,000 – 20,000 capacity, complementing Burswood Park, Optus Stadium and Crown Perth 

• A multi-use track, including for use by FIA-approved Supercars, cycling criterium and community sport 

• A multi-use building, including events and function facilities and meeting spaces 

• Better transport and connectivity with Opus Stadium and the wider precinct, particularly for people with a disability 

• Enhancement of the local environment through landscape improvements (such as an urban forest) and renewal 

Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Daniel Pastorelli will remain as government lead for the project and will chair the Project Steering Committee consisting of members from Transport, Tourism, Venues West and Burswood Park. 

Planning and design works will commence upon awarding the contract to the preferred alliance. 

Early works will begin later this year, with construction of the precinct expected to be completed in 2027. 

Further consultation with the community and stakeholders will be undertaken in the coming months as the design progresses. 

“Stakeholder and community consultation has generated hundreds of ideas which will inform how the precinct will be designed to ensure it’s used by as many Western Australians and visitors as possible. 

“I want to thank everyone for their feedback, ideas and questions through this initial round of community consultation – a report will be finalised and released in coming weeks. 

“The alliance team will be asked to respond to these ideas through the design and development stage and I look forward to working with this locally-based team to deliver for WA. 

“The WA Government is committed to delivering this key election commitment, to help diversify the WA economy, creating new local jobs for future generations and building a world-class entertainment precinct that promotes the best of WA to the world,” Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Daniel Pastorelli said. 

Source: Government of Western Australia – Media Statements; Building for Tomorrow – Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct