Falmer Stadium

Falmer Stadium, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Community Stadium, or simply The Amex Stadium, is a football stadium in the village of Falmer, near Brighton and Hove, Sussex, that serves as the home of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. The stadium was handed over from the developers to the club on 31 May 2011. The first competitive game played at the stadium was the 2010–11 season final of the Sussex Senior Cup between Brighton and Eastbourne Borough on 16 July 2011. The first ever league game was against Doncaster Rovers, who were also the opponents in the last ever game played at Brighton's former stadium, the Goldstone Ground, 14 years earlier.Falmer Stadium will host Premier League football for the first time in August 2017, following Brighton & Hove Albion's promotion from the Football League Championship at the end of the 2016-17 season.HistoryPlansThe plans were initiated by Brighton & Hove Albion after the club's previous home, the Goldstone Ground, was sold by the club's former board (consisting of Greg Stanley, Bill Archer and David Bellotti) to developers in 1995 with no new home arranged.