The Fremantle Dockers women's side will host the first Australian Rules football match at the new Perth Stadium — an event organisers hope will break the AFLW crowd record.

The Dockers will host the game at the $1.6 billion venue on February 10, less than three weeks after the stadium officially opens.

But it may not be the first sporting event at the 60,000 seat stadium, with authorities still hopeful a one-day international cricket match between Australia and England can be held there in late January.

Last season's AFLW opener between Carlton and Collingwood drew more than 22,000, a crowd the Dockers hope to eclipse with the round 2 match this season.

"We think we get can get past the 30,000 mark," Fremantle's chief executive Steve Rosich said.

Dockers player Hayley Miller said her teammates were thrilled about the match, to be played against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.

"It is an exciting time for female sport to be on such a big stage and get this opportunity to showcase what we are all about," she said.

The AFLW match will be played ahead of a National Rugby League season-opening doubleheader on March 10, with the men's AFL season to follow soon after.

The new stadium is set to officially open in January. ( ABC News: Jacob Kagi )

Both West Coast and Fremantle are keen to win the right to host the first men's AFL match at the venue, and the league was making no guarantees about which club would get first crack.

"Everything is on the table at the moment," AFL executive Travis Auld said.

"A [western] derby is one of the options, but we think there is some appeal to having three events by splitting up the home games of the two clubs and then getting a derby separately."

The Eagles and Dockers and the WA Football Commission have been locked in protracted negotiations with the Government over a deal to play at the venue from next season, but Mr Rosich said an agreement was close.

"We're not quite there yet but we are almost there," Mr Rosich said.

"Hopefully we can announce that relatively soon … it will get done."

The 2018 AFL fixture is set to be released next month.