Perth Arena is set to open next weekend and today Nine News took a look inside.
THE controversial $550 million Perth Arena has the potential to become the city's equivalent to the Sydney Opera House, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett claims.
Years overdue, hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and boasting an architecture that has already violently divided opinion in the city, the arena finally opens its doors to the public on Friday for a free sound check concert for local residents.
Despite the finishing touches still being placed on the exterior of the angular amphitheatre, which sports a retractable roof that can open in seven minutes, it will be officially christened by Sir Elton John next Saturday night.
The opening concert will bring up the curtain on the most contentious construction in Perth since Richard Court's Bell Tower in 2000.
According to Graham Partridge, chairman of the venue manager VenuesWest, the 15,000-seat multipurpose arena will become one of the world's best entertainment facilities as soon as it opens its doors.
But during a tour of the facility, Mr Barnett went one step further, claiming that as the years go by the architectural oddity could be placed on a par with the Opera House and its iconic shells.
"It has been contentious at times, it cost more than anticipated, it took longer to build but the final result is simply brilliant,'' Mr Barnett said.
"This is an iconic venue for Perth for many years to come. The arena is a work of art itself.
"While it has cost more than it should, it is so good and will be so popular and so well used it will be a bit like the Sydney Opera House.
"It cost more than it was meant to, but we would not be without it.''
The venue has 36 luxury appointed corporate suites, a 680-bay underground car park, five dedicated function spaces and space for touring trucks, which can drive directly onto the arena floor.
Following Sir Elton on November 10, the Arena has already secured appearances by Pink, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez, Matchbox Twenty, The Wiggles, Nickelback, Mike Tyson and Russell Brand, along with anchor tenants Perth Wildcats NBL team and the Hopman Cup tennis tournament.
PERTH ARENA FACTS
- The venue will hold up to 13,910 spectators for tennis events, 14,846 for basketball and a maximum of 15,500 for concerts
- The retractable roof can be opened or closed in seven minutes, three times faster than the roof at Rod Laver Arena
- Visitors will be greeted by The Pendant, a curved array of 88 flat- screen TV screens suspended from the 22m- high roof
- It will be the home of the Hopman Cup mixed tennis tournament, and the Perth Wildcats NBL basketball team
- The controversial angled design of the arena was based on the Eternity Puzzle created by controversial British MP Christopher Monckton and intended to be impossible to solve
- Taking inspiration, the triangular puzzle pieces which bedeck the arena exterior form the map of Australia on the western side, with a red and a white striped mast marking the WA border
- A photovoltaic array on the roof can generate up to 111kW of power
- The new arena has cost a whopping $548.7m - after an original estimate of $160m
- Each seat has an individual air- conditioning vent underneath
- Unsigned Perth band Stillwater Giants will be the first band to play there after winning a community competition to pick a local band to christen the new stage
- The accompanying 'Arena app' for smartphones helps plan your trip to the venue, alerts you if a car bay is available and guides you to your seat.
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