About
Premier League football (6th place finish, 62 points, 72 goals, first Europa League qualification); Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation community programmes (23,000 beneficiaries supported over 13 years with American Express, 300+ activity sessions, 30,000 volunteer hours by AmEx colleagues); women's and girls' football (Women's Super League, £8.5m American Express Elite Football Performance Centre 2 opened 2022); Academy (Premier League 2, EFL Trophy, Premier League Cup, International Cup); New Monks Farm development (637 new homes including affordable housing, 33,000 sq.m commercial space, 28 hectare country park in Lancing); non-matchday events (800+ events, 48,000 visitors); Tunnel Club hospitality; community partnerships with schools and hospitals; USA pre-season tournament; Women's Rugby World Cup hosting 2025
Key Metrics
Key Metric 1
£612 million total contribution to the local economy in 2022/23 — an increase of 289% on the club's first Premier League season — comprising £327m direct income, £239m brand and media value, £26m visitor spend and £20m employee local spend
Key Metric 2
1,961 local jobs supported including 1,407 direct jobs (including Sodexo); £120 million in public sector revenue to HMRC including £43m PAYE, £57m VAT and £18m National Insurance; 660,000 fans attending 26 matchday events at the American Express Stadium
Key Metric 3
216 million people watched Brighton & Hove Albion games in 2022/23; 54,000 overseas fans visited Brighton to watch the club; Europa League participation projected to add up to a further £83 million of economic value
Key Outcomes
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289% increase in economic contribution since 2017/18 first Premier League season; £129m invested in American Express Stadium construction in 2011; £34m American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, Lancing; £8.5m women's and girls' AEEFC2 opened 2022
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New Monks Farm development contributing £11.5m annually to local economy on completion; 413 net new FTE jobs from New Monks Farm; 550+ jobs in wider local economy through employee and visitor spend; Living Wage employer; eight players represented nations at 2022 Qatar World Cup; five women's players at 2023 Women's World Cup
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Europa League group stage games against Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens; potential £83m additional economic value if reaching Europa League final; world record goal scorer Alexis Mac Allister and Kaoru Mitoma profiling city globally; Fan Zone plans submitted October 2023; Solly March (Ringmer Community College) and Lewis Dunk (Varndean High School) as locally-raised players in first team
