Since moving to the Amex Stadium in 2011, Brighton & Hove Albion have risen through the divisions to become an established Premier League club. They are now considered one of the most forward-thinking clubs in the country thanks to their data-driven approach to player recruitment and insistence on playing a certain style of football.
Last season, Roberto de Zerbi led the club to the Europa League quarter-finals in the club's first-ever European adventure. Now with Fabian Hurzeler in charge, the club are keen to return to Europe in the near future so it's unsurprising that the owners are looking to develop the Amex Stadium further.
Amex stadium redevelopment: the latest
When they moved to the Amex, the capacity stood at just 22,500. Several expansion projects have taken place over the past decade and the overall capacity now is just shy of 32,000.
Ahead of the 2024/25 season, the club made further changes to Amex Stadium but this time in relation to supporter experience rather than capacity.
More covered spaces and expanded food and drinks stalls have been installed around the stadium while a pre-turnstile bar and tunnel club hospitality have also been introduced in recent times. In March 2024, it was also revealed that Brighton had put in a planning application for a two-storey fan zone at Amex Stadium.
Amex stadium expansion capacity
A further expansion of the Amex Stadium could be on the cards in the near future as the club are now regularly selling out the stadium. Last season, the club's CEO, Paul Barber said that the plan is to get more fans through the door in the coming years but tempered expectations. He said:
“In terms of increasing the size of the Amex, we want to get as many of our fans as possible into the stadium, but given its design, we can maybe add a few hundred more seats over time but not thousands.”
As a result, it's unlikely that we will see a redeveloped Amex Stadium that breaks through the 40-50,000 capacity barrier anytime in the near future but a small expansion could be on the horizon should the club continue to perform at their current levels on the pitch.