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Kylie Set To Deny Wildcats Nbl Final At Rac Arena

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Feb 04, 2025
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A concert at RAC Arena is set to lock out its anchor tenant from the Perth venue for the first week of NBL finals.

Perth Wildcats owner Mark Arena has issued a statement, calling it an “absolutely ridiculous” decision to deny the Wildcats a final at their home court.

Despite just one Kylie concert being held at the venue, on February 15, Arena said the venue has been booked for the “basically the full week“.

The NBL club has averaged crowds of 13,125 in its four games at RAC Arena this year, with the club attracting the highest home attendances in the league this season.

The Wildcats are currently third on the NBL ladder with one game remaining in the regular season against Adelaide at RAC Arena on Friday night.

If they remain third, they earn play-in hosting rights against the fourth-ranked team, likely to be played on Tuesday 11 February.

The unavailability of the 13,500-capacity RAC Arena means the club would likely have to play the final at the 4,500-capacity Perth HPC (formerly HBF Stadium).

The Wildcats last played at the Mt Claremont venue more than a decade ago, prior to the opening of RAC Arena, in the 2011-12 NBL season, when it was known as Challenge Stadium. It hosted its first NBL game since then this season as part of HoopsFest where all NBL games were played in Perth.

The club currently trains at the Bendat Basketball Centre in Floreat, however that venue holds just 2,000.

Mark Arena said he felt for the club’s nearly 11,000 members, with more than half set to miss out on the Wildcats’ finals opener.

“We have an issue unfortunately with RAC Arena,” Arena said.

“I love Kylie, but Kylie is coming to town and RAC Arena has basically booked out the whole week.

“It’s not a done deal but basically she’s playing on Saturday night and they’ve booked the whole week.

“RAC Arena in their infinite wisdom has decided, we’re going to book the whole of the first week of finals out at RAC Arena.

“I’m super disappointed, super mad. We’re the anchor tenant there.

“You do really well on the ladder and you want a home-court advantage, and we’re going potentially to Perth HPC.

“The amount of members that might miss out on this, I feel really bad for them and I’m just as mad as they are.

“It was quite a heated conversation with RAC Arena. I’m super frustrated with it, we’re supposed to be the anchor tenant there and I don’t feel like we’re being treated that way.”

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