Ground Name: American Express Community Stadium
Capacity: 22,374 (all seated)
Address: Village Way, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9BL
Main Tel No.: 01273 878288
Team Nickname: The Seagulls
Year Ground Opened: 2011
Site: www.seagulls.co.uk

View Brighton & Hove Albion - New in a larger map

Directions
Get directions to the American Express Stadium from your house by entering your post code or location below:

Parking
Bennett’s Field, off Village Way, has the capacity to accomodate up to 650 cars. However, it will fill up quickly and will be around £5 per car so get there early. Parking elsewhere in the local vacinity is very hard to come by. An option is to use the Albion park and ride service from Brighton racecourse.

By Train
Falmer railway is the station for the University of Sussex and is the closest stop to the American Express Stadium at only a stones throw away. Trains run every 15 minutes from London Victoria and the journey time is approximately 75 minutes.

Stadium Info
13 years after Falmer was identified as a potential site for the new home of the Seagulls, the dream became reality as the Seagulls moved into the American Express Stadium in 2011. The stadium is a classy looking structure. You notice very quickly that the club have gone to great lengths to avoid designing a soulless bowl. The 3 tier main stand is very impressive and has a line of executive boxes across the second tier. The north and south stands behind the goals are similar to the east stand in that they are single tier affairs but the gradiant is very good making for an excellent view from all over the stadium.

For a plan of the American Express Community Stadium, click here!

Away Fans
Away fans will be housed in the south end of the stadium. The view from within this section is fantastic and the leg room is ample as would be expected for a new build.

Food and Drink
There are a number of pubs in the close vacinity. Recommended by Sussex University students is The Hikers Rest (BN1 9GD) which has sky sports and a lovely garden to sit out in with pre match drink and is only approximately half a mile away. A little further afield is The Swan Inn (BN1 9PD) which is a more traditional pub. Also has Sky Sports on tv's around the pub but there's a very relaxed feeling about the place. I guess that may disappear once 1200 away fans set upon it on a Saturday afternoon though!

The games to see
Rivals - Crawley Town, Gillingham, Crystal Palace

Fans Reviews
Paul Arnold - Eastbourne Borough Fan (16/07/2011)
Mike Sargeant - Peterborough United Fan (28/08/2011)

To tell us about your experiences, simply complete the fans review form below - Submit Your Ground Review Here!