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Location: Village Way, Brighton, United Kingdom
Capacity: 30,000
Opened: 30 July 2011
Primary Use: Football
Tenants: Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
History and Significance:
The American Express Community Stadium, also known as Falmer Stadium, was constructed between 2008 and 2011 at a cost of £93 million. It officially opened on 30 July 2011 with a match between Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC, in which the visitors from London emerged victorious. As the home of Brighton & Hove Albion, nicknamed The Seagulls, the stadium has become a modern landmark in East Sussex. Brighton & Hove Albion also became the first football club from the county to reach 100,000 followers on its main social media platform.
Domestic Football Achievements:
In their first full season at the stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion drew an average home attendance of 20,000 spectators. The club has since competed in numerous Premier League matches, establishing itself in top-flight English football. Brighton played their first-ever FA Cup final in 1983 against Manchester United. The initial match ended in a 2-2 draw before Manchester United won the replay. The first match drew a crowd of 99,000, with 91,000 attending the replay.
Facilities and Modernization:
Seating and Stands: Modern, all-seater stands with excellent sightlines for all 30,000 spectators.
Pitch and Lighting: Advanced pitch surface and floodlighting systems suitable for Premier League and UEFA competitions.
Player and Media Facilities: State-of-the-art locker rooms, training facilities, and media zones meeting international standards.
Accessibility: Full accessibility for fans with disabilities, including dedicated seating, concourse access, and amenities.
Key Events:
Premier League home matches for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Domestic cup fixtures including FA Cup and League Cup matches.
International club friendlies and community events leveraging the stadium’s modern infrastructure.
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With the growing popularity of nighttime sports events, professional competitions demand higher lighting quality. The glare from traditional fixtures can no longer meet athletes’ expectations for sensory experience. Leveraging breakthroughs in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise light control and anti-glare designs enable athletes to perform at their peak and enjoy an exceptional sports experience.
Issues caused by unnecessary nighttime lighting, such as light pollution and light trespass, are increasingly concerning and have led to rising public complaints. Amid growing environmental awareness, lighting designers must prioritize controlling “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” We are committed to addressing this challenge through innovative optical technologies.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
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