Brighton Community Stadium, Football stadium in Falmer, England
Brighton Community Stadium is a football and rugby venue in Falmer, east of Brighton. Three tiers of seating wrap around the playing surface, with part of the structure embedded into the natural slope of the land.
After losing their former ground the club Brighton & Hove Albion decided to build this new venue, with construction starting in 2008 and finishing in 2011. The first matchday took place that summer and marked a fresh beginning for the team.
Every matchday the venue becomes a meeting point for football supporters from across the region who gather on the terraces and walkways hours before kickoff. The team colors of blue and white dominate the scene and appear on banners, scarves and chants that echo through the stands.
Falmer railway station sits right next to the grounds and offers quick access from Brighton and surrounding towns. On matchdays several bus routes run from the city center to the entrance.
To control the local bird population trained birds of prey are deployed, keeping gulls and pigeons away and leaving the playing surface undisturbed. This method was introduced after problems with droppings and noise at earlier grounds.
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