The long term of the lease means that, effectively, the association has freehold title (save that it cannot divest itself of any part of the land without the state government's consent).

Between 1977 and 1979, (then-rebel) World Series Cricket matches were played at Gloucester Park because the Kerry Packer-led organisation was not granted access to the WACA.

It took the introduction of scheduled flights to Western Australia to make the WACA readily accessible to interstate or overseas teams.

James Gardiner, president of the WACA for three terms between 1897 and 1924, proposed the adoption of 'electorate' cricket (as it was first known) whereby teams were established on a district basis for competition.

[8] Further financial difficulties led Gardiner to again raise funds and donations with a cricket match by the Australian XI team in 1912.

The most notable are: Also built were: - Six large light towers were also installed in 1986 at a cost of $4.2 million, allowing for night time sports such as day-night cricket matches to be played at the ground.

[15][16] WACA members gave final approval for the project in July 2010 and construction was expected to commence in March 2011.

[18] The redevelopment was also the subject of a dispute between the WACA and the Australian Cricketers Association, with the players' union seeking 26 per cent of the value of the project.

[18][19] In November 2012 the WACA and Ascot Capital Limited commenced selling 137 apartments in "The Gardens", a planned 10-story residential complex to be located on the western boundary line of the ground.

[21] The agreement between the WACA and Ascot Capital would have seen new northern grandstands, an increase in ground capacity and a long term revenue stream.

However, in December 2013 the WACA released a statement that it had abandoned the so-called Gardens Development because it was unable to achieve the pre-sales target in order to finance the project.

Cricket Australia said the WACA Ground required significant improvements, given it has the smallest capacity of the five mainland capital city venues.

[25] In March 2019 the WACA unveiled plans to improve cricket training facilities and enable the ground to host large-scale community events.

[29] The Inverarity and Prindiville stands have been demolished and will be replaced by a community sports hub and a new multi-level public pavilion, and the grass hills at either end have been partially excavated to allow Australian rules football matches to again be played at the ground.

New facilities will include a high-performance cricket centre, a new museum, cafe, gym, and a six-lane, 50-metre outdoor swimming pool.

[31] Light tower no.2, located next the site of the original Players Pavilion was not upgraded and was demolished to make way for the high performance centre.