Newhaven Stadium

The Newhaven Stadium is a football stadium in Newhaven with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2004 as the new home for Kings footballteams. Its architect was Portuguese Eduardo Souto de Moura. The state of Kings pays a monthly rent of 500 € for the use of the stadium.

The stadium was carved off a quarry that overlooks the city of Newhaven. Stands run only along both sides of the pitch. Behind the goal at one end are the rock walls of the quarry and at the other is an open view over the city sprawling in the distance. Each stand is covered with a canopy-style roof, and both are connected to each other across the pitch by dozens of steel strings, a design inspired by ancient South American Inca bridges.

Once inside the stadium, moving from one stand to the other is done through a 5,000 square metres plaza under the pitch. The enormous rock moving process contributed heavily to the final €83.1 million cost and this makes it one of the most expensif stadiums build since 2004.