Stadium aerial view

[Smythe]

Does anyone else think they've put it back to front?

It looks to me like the slant on the roof is going the wrong way. I hope they don't build it like that.

It is the wrong way round though isnt it?? Shouldnt the main 3 tier west stand be to the right of the pic at the western side??
Looks rather good though!!!!!

 

[Curious Orange]

It is the wrong way round though isnt it?? Shouldnt the main 3 tier west stand be to the right of the pic at the western side??
Looks rather good though!!!!!

Yes, you can see from the angle of the roof behind the, er, stand behind the south goal is going the wrong way!

oops!

 

[The Grockle]

Yes, you can see from the angle of the roof behind the, er, stand behind the south goal is going the wrong way!

oops!

I think it is the right way round but it's the earlier design form the Leyton Orient programme a couple of seasons ago when both the East and West stands were two tiered.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Is it stupid of me to ask why we couldn't have just moved the stadium up a bit? The field it's in is massive, why did we need to build over more land?

Half the field is in Lewes. Only the coach park is on their side of the boundary.

 

[Notters]

Being a complete thicko I never know which side of the train to look out of when I very occasionally take the train on that line, but I presume the site can't (yet) be seen from the train anyway?!?!

You definitely won't ever be able to see any of it from the train.

 

[Trigger]

It's not quite The Goldstone is it?

 

[Storer68]

The council boundary between Brighton & Hove and Lewes runs down Village Way, which meant that for the application mentioned by TLO above, we would have had to seek planning permission from an application submitted to Lewes District Council (as it is their land). As we correctly envisaged that would have been a much more long winded and tortuous processs than the one we actually endured, with no degree of any certainty that the application would have been approved (which it probably wouldn't!)

 

[les dynam]

is the away end going to be the end furthest away from the station or nearest? i read somewhere it was going to be near the coach parks so i assume that's the other end to the station? so our main home end will then be the end closest to the station - as it should be.

 

[Smythe]

is the away end going to be the end furthest away from the station or nearest? i read somewhere it was going to be near the coach parks so i assume that's the other end to the station? so our main home end will then be the end closest to the station - as it should be.

North stand closest to station is home end, south stand is away.

 

[Curious Orange]

is the away end going to be the end furthest away from the station or nearest? i read somewhere it was going to be near the coach parks so i assume that's the other end to the station? so our main home end will then be the end closest to the station - as it should be.

Yes, the North Stand is the home end - nearest the station. We are coming home.

 

[Napper]

How long will it take to walk from station to the ground apx ? not knowing the area I'd be interested to know. Also, any pubs on route ?

 

[Curious Orange]

How long will it take to walk from station to the ground apx ? not knowing the area I'd be interested to know. Also, any pubs on route ?

30 seconds, beer in the stand.

 

[The Grockle]

How long will it take to walk from station to the ground apx ? not knowing the area I'd be interested to know. Also, any pubs on route ?

2 minutes i reckon.

 

[The Large One]

The council boundary between Brighton & Hove and Lewes runs down Village Way, which meant that for the application mentioned by TLO above, we would have had to seek planning permission from an application submitted to Lewes District Council (as it is their land). As we correctly envisaged that would have been a much more long winded and tortuous processs than the one we actually endured, with no degree of any certainty that the application would have been approved (which it probably wouldn't!)

Um, not quite.

Village Way South is in Brighton & Hove too. Not sure who owns the lands, though.

 

[Smythe]

How long will it take to walk from station to the ground apx ? not knowing the area I'd be interested to know. Also, any pubs on route ?

no pubs on route. Nearest pub is The swan, i wonder if he'll open on match days. The Hikers is about 10 min walk from station but opposite way to stadium......back along lewes road towards Brighton......a great Albion pub near to the ground!!!

 

[Hove Lagoonery]

I think its something to do with Lewes DC own that part of the land. I'm sure its something to do with Lewes.

I also think it's something to do with Lewes. And can I also say that I'm sure it's something to do with Lewes?

 

[dougdeep]

Being a complete thicko I never know which side of the train to look out of when I very occasionally take the train on that line,

Does that help?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Am I the only one who can see a giant brown bug-eyed alien in that picture, giving the stadium the finger? It must be a Palace fan I guess...

I saw the alien, before I read your post, but thought it was grasping a dildo as opposed to giving us the birdie.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Does anyone know the reason why the Church didn't sell us that empty bit of land next to the stadium?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Does anyone know the reason why the Church didn't sell us that empty bit of land next to the stadium?

The Church Commissioners answer directly to parliament and can only sell land that they own with parliamentary approval. That's an incredibly complicated process. To the best of my knowledge, the club decided it wasn't worth while asking.