The Wildcats, who currently occupy the third spot, will play their last game of the regular season at home to Adelaide on Friday night.
There is a Bryan Adams concert scheduled at RAC Arena on Sunday, after which the venue will be handed over to Minogue ahead of her February 15 show.
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The Wildcats would likely have attracted more than 13,000 fans to RAC Arena for a finals game.
But the scheduling clash means the most successful club in NBL history may have to shift to the Perth High Performance Centre, which has a capacity of about 4500.
Minogue locked in RAC Arena as the venue for the first concert on her Australian tour when it was announced last September.
On Monday, furious Wildcats owner Mark Arena lashed out at RAC Arena management over the clash.
"It's not a done deal, but basically, she's playing on Saturday night, and they've booked the whole week," Arena said in a club statement.
"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.
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— Perth Wildcats (@PerthWildcats) February 3, 2025
"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 Wildcats had not played at the Perth High Performance Centre since the latter stages of the 2011/12 season when it was known as Challenge Stadium.
The venue was used for two NBL games involving visiting teams during the league's inaugural HoopsFest round last September.
The Wildcats have 10,837 members and have averaged 13,125 across four home games in 2025.
"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," Arena said.
"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."
Entering the final round of the regular season, the Wildcats could realistically finish anywhere between second and fifth on the ladder.
If they finish second, they would not need to play a home final until after Minogue's RAC Arena date.
With AAP.
