The State Government and West Australian Football Commission are set to announce they have reached a deal to play games at the new Perth Stadium from next year.
The ABC understands the two parties have reached an "in principle" agreement for the Dockers and Eagles to play at Burswood.
They are also understood to have agreed on a new funding model for grassroots football.
It puts an end to protracted negotiations that reached a stalemate under the former government, which had to defend talk of tension with the AFL clubs, amid threats from the Eagles to stay put at Subiaco Oval.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Perth Stadium said the negotiations with the WAFC were well advanced.
The $1.6 billion stadium project is facing delays to the construction of a pedestrian foot bridge linking the stadium site to East Perth.
The Government said while it would be a tight timeframe, it hoped the bridge would be complete for the start of the 2018 AFL season.
