RAC Arena
RAC Arena is a stadium in City of Perth, Australia that opened in 2012. Its recorded capacity is 15,500.
Key facts
RAC Arena is a stadium in City of Perth, Australia that opened in 2012. Its recorded capacity is 15,500. It is owned by VenuesWest. It is operated by VenuesWest and Q569417. The current name RAC Arena comes from a naming-rights deal with Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia that began in 2018. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Perth Arena. Current tenants are Perth Wildcats.
- Location
- City of Perth, Australia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 15,500
- Opened
- 2012
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- VenuesWest
- Naming rights
- Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia
- Name changes
- 1
- Roof
- Retractable roof
RAC Arena is at latitude -31.948333, longitude 115.851944, in City of Perth, Australia. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -31.948333 |
| Longitude | 115.851944 |
| City | City of Perth |
| Region | City of Perth |
| Country | Australia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof | Retractable roof | Wikipedia category | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
RAC Arena has carried 2 recorded names. Perth Arena (no sponsor) ran 2012 to 2018. RAC Arena (sponsor: Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia) ran 2018 to present. The average tenure of a name here is 6 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Arena | None | 2012 to 2018 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| RAC Arena | Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia | 2018 to present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia, with citation | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | VenuesWest | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Q569417 | 2012 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | VenuesWest | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Wildcats | Not mapped | 2012 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 127 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | name_current | Perth Arena | RAC Arena | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374598149 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Perth_Arena | Perth Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venues | name_current | Perth Arena | RAC Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | sponsorships | (created) | not set | 55 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | RAC Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Perth Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16206 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16205 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 607 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 606 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: