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WeAreBrighton.com Go Inside the Amex - June 24th 2011
With the building work
and the handover now complete, Brighton and Hove
Albion FC officially own the American Express
Community Stadium. On June 24th, we were lucky
enough to go inside our fabulous new home to acquire
50 photos for you and can say for a fact that the
battle to get the new stadium was well and truly
worth it - roll on August 6th! |
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Amex from the Downs - March 25th 2011
Despite our chronic
phobia of exercise, we cycle the South Downs Way
from the top of Ditchling Beacon through to Stanmer
Park. The results? Some stunning long distance views
of the nearly-completed Amex, making a mockery of
the clubs claims it wouldn't be visible from some of
Sussex' finest countryside. If anything, it's an
improvement to it! |
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Year of the Amex - January 18th 2011
Nearly
a quarter of a million pounds is now being spent
daily up at that tidy little development at Village
Way, Falmer as Withdean prepares to host it's last
12 league games . Two weeks into the Year of the
Amex, we paid another visit to see how things were
coming on as season ticket holders flock to the site
to pick their seats for next season. |
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Freezing
Falmer - November 23rd 2010
Not
even freezing weather can detract from the beauty of
what is developing on Village Way, Falmer as we
returned for our first visit in six weeks before
setting off for the Southampton away game. The
exterior of the North Stand is now completed, and
preparation
work appears to be beginning on the pitch as the
surface is dug up |
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Falmer
from Afar - October 8th 2010
Two
things are very striking when viewing The Amex from
afar - that, when the club said
it would "blend into the surroundings",
they were talking absolute tripe. And when the
opposition said it would "spoil an area of
outstanding natural beauty", they were talking
an equal amount of rubbish. It is a truly stunning structure on the Sussex
landscape.
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Freshers
Week Falmer - September 24th 2010
With both universities now
opening their doors to the 2010 intake of students, we
decided it was as good a time as any to go and eye up fit
new students alongside a fit new stadium. The entire roof
structure is now in place, work is ongoing on the exterior of the West Stand and
what appears to be a new footbridge is going in at Falmer
station.
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August
Bank Holiday at the Amex - August 30th 2010
With
the
brickwork well underway on the outside of the
stadium and the first pieces of the roof going
into place on the north and south stands, from a
distance Falmer looks like a proper stadium - and, despite all of the clubs
claims that it would blend in with the surroundings,
it currently sticks out like a sore thumb - a bloody brilliant
sore thumb |
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Stadium
Solstice - June 28th 2010
The colossus West Stand arch and roof has been erected
in position, and from a distance the outside structure
is really beginning to resemble a stadium. The North
Stand appears virtually complete, and it won't be
too long until work will begin on the interior and
exterior of the ground with the majority of the structure
now being in place |
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Stadium
in Spring - April 1st 2010
The first beautiful day
since Spring time befell us last weekend seemed as
good a day as any to return to Falmer. The colossal
West Stand is starting to spring up and the first
piece of its arch is also on site while construction
is now underway on the final piece in the stadium
jigsaw, the North Stand |
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Building
in the West - March 16th 2010
Three
weeks since our last visit, and the three-tiered structure
of the West Stand is beginning to take shape, as well
as more work on the South Stand and the landscaping
of the field behind it. Apologies for the poor quality,
we somehow managed to change the camera settings just
prior to taking these with no idea how! Professional,
we know! |
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East Arch Erection - February 23rd 2010
Following
on from our visit a week previously when the East
Arch was being put into place, we returned to find
it fully erect and looking pretty bloody magnificent.
Work has continued on the South Stand, while the first
pieces of the mammoth West Stand have been put into
position |
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Raising
of the East Arch - February 17th 2010
With
the large crane on site going off to aid the building
of the Olympic Stadium soon, it has played its opening
part in the Falmer construction by raising the first
piece of the arch that will support the roof of the
East Stand into place. The South Stand and foundations
of the West Stand have also seen some progress |
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New
Year, New Stadium - February 2nd 2010
It's
been just shy of two months since we last took a look
at developments at the new community stadium, so here
is a brief update and some pictures of how things
are looking at Falmer ahead of the exciting "raising
of the arch" which is rumored to be taking place
at some point in the next month! |
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Falmer
at Christmas - The Video - December 14th 2009
It
was a cold December morning when we paid our second
visit to Falmer. As well as the East Stand, the concourse
area of the South Stand was beginning to take place,
one roof arch was on site, and we captured a builder
singing "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" on
our exclusive video of the site |
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Building The Future - August 25th 2009
Forget
the London Olympics in 2012, the big event of the
Summer will be the completion and grand opening of
the Albion's new stadium, the real home of football.
We pay our first of many visits to the Falmer site,
where the East Stand has suddenly sprung up from nowhere |
