By ten to nine? Why then?
20,000 people in 90 minutes through Brighton alone? I don't think the station would cope, let alone the trains.
What about anyone coming from Lewes? Or on the bus? Or walking? Or hired minibus?
The loss of Bennett's Field, in strategic terms, means around 1,500...
No planning applications have gone in on any of those yet. While you're right about the club probably needing to look at alternatives, it may be a while away.
Brighton & Hove City Council own the land. However, it is in the South Downs National Park, and has been returned to farming use.
If you continue the line that the small bridge over the railway line takes (Turnpike Lane) and continue that up to Village Way, all of the stadium site to the west...
Actually, I think that the Coach Park is in Lewes, hence some of the nonsense from Lewes District Council back in 2001.
However, you're right about the land being owned by BHCC. The council owns a fair whack of land outside its area of authority, including Downland as far along as The Newmarket...