Brighton Plan Europe's First Purpose-built Women's Stadium

Brighton and Hove Albion person released their plans for Europe's first purpose-built women's shot stadium.

The nine opportunity nan caller stadium will "provide a imperishable location and personality for nan women's team" successful an effort to thrust semipermanent instrumentality growth.

Located astatine Bennett's Field, a tract adjacent to nan Amex Stadium - nan location of Brighton's Premier League broadside - it will clasp a minimum capacity of 10,000 and will beryllium connected to nan Amex via a span walkway.

With activity nether measurement connected a readying application, nan nine dream to officially unfastened nan stadium for nan commencement of nan 2030-31 season.

"The imaginable of a bespoke stadium, built exclusively for women's players, unit and supporters, is incredibly exciting," said nan club's managing head of women's and girls' football, Zoe Johnson.

"It is simply a task that is nan first of its benignant successful nan UK and Europe, and 1 of only 3 successful nan world, and will seizure nan imagination of stakeholders crossed nan women's game, not conscionable here, but globally."

Brighton opportunity changing rooms, transportation standards and betterment spaces will "support elite female players", while nan matchday acquisition will beryllium "designed to beryllium particularly welcoming for families and first-time attendees".

There will beryllium breastfeeding rooms, babe changing areas and 'buggy parks' for prams, arsenic good arsenic societal spaces connected nan concourse to big events and underground car parking.

Johnson added nan stadium will thief nan nine "push guardant our ambitions to compete consistently some domestically successful nan Women's Super League (WSL), and besides successful European nine competition", while attracting "key unit and increasing a passionate fanbase".

"We besides dream nan stadium tin support academy and improvement fixtures, giving much of our younger players valuable acquisition of playing successful a purpose-built stadium environment," she said.

Brighton person played astatine nan Amex connected juncture but presently big nan mostly of their WSL matches astatine Crawley Town's Broadfield Stadium, astir 20 miles away.