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Perth's Optus Stadium has drawn more consumer anger after the outage. Another case of the 'stadium curse'?

Written by David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Looming over the Swan River in Perth, a shiny sporting structure boldly declares “OPTUS STADIUM Yes”. After the disastrously prolonged communication outage this week, many will have shouted “No”, or other words requiring asterisks in respectable media.

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