No matter what Perth's professional sporting outfits do on or off the park, it's the quality of the venue that dictates the pace of their financial growth.
A WOODEN spoon didn't stop West Coast Eagles fans from opening their wallets during the past year, but it seemed to stop them dead in their tracks at the turnstiles.
THESE days, it seems it is not enough to be entertained purely by top-class sports people displaying amazing athletic feats as they pit their well-honed skills against rivals.
AFTER consecutive years of financial losses and a team that's struggling on the pitch, Western Force chief executive Vern Reid is concerned Perth's rugby community may be losing patience.
WITH a move to a funky new venue just around the corner, and the team firmly entrenched as a perennial finals contender, it's hard to wipe the smile from Perth Wildcats chief executive Nick Marvin's face.
THE on-field (and off-field) dramas of the high-profile football codes may dominate the mainstream media's attention, but there continues to be community and business support for mass-participation sports such as netball, surfing and tennis.
LAND prices have fallen more than 12 per cent from their boom-time peak, prompting a leading development organisation to claim that affordability is returning to the Western Australian market as it cools down.
THE Western Australian government has submitted its draft structure plan for the Oakajee Industrial Estate for public comment, a key step in the development of the proposed Mid West port.
THE State Administrative Tribunal has rejected an application for review of a City of Perth decision that refused development approval for an eight-storey building adjoining Jacob's Ladder.
ALMOST two decades ago, husband-and-wife team Sten and Rita Campbell bought Designtec, a manufacturer and wholesaler of free-standing office furniture.
Property developer Luke Saraceni and his business partner Hossean Pourzand have struck a funding deal with IMF (Australia) to support their legal action over the Raine Square development.
Rio Tinto has struck an agreement over its giant Simandou iron ore project in Africa that will see the company pay US$700 million to the government of Guinea and hand 15 per cent of the project to the government at no cost.
GEOFF and Wendy Watters have taken a measured approach to growing Southside Mechanical Services over the past decade, allowing time to find the right quality driven process at each stage of development.
