Falmer Stadium, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Community Stadium, or simply The AMEX, is a football stadium near the village of Falmer in Brighton and Hove and is 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 to be 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.
In October 2012, it was announced that the Stadium had been put forward as a potential venue for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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