The University of Brighton is on its knees financially. They’d not be able refuse a reasonable offer for the rugby pitch adjacent to the stadium and opposite the railway station which they hardly ever use because of flooding issues which they can’t afford to fix.
A little 8,000 capacity (or so)...
I think we’re at about 31,800 ish…
Planning permission and designs were obtained for a 32.5k capacity. The 700 extra seats (probably 1901) were in the south east corner and a new north stand shelf (with bar etc behind). The club didn’t go ahead with these for ‘cost’ reasons. I’m guessing that...