Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Premier League side Everton held a second test event at their new stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock on Sunday and the friendly match saw a controlled evacuation take place15:59, 23 Mar 2025Updated 16:07, 23 Mar 2025Everton’s new stadium on Bramley-Moore DockFans attending the second test event at Everton’s new stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock were forced to leave after 65 minutes in a planned evacuation.After 10,000 Toffees fans experienced their first taste of the £800million venue last month, Everton’s under-21s faced League One side Bolton Wanderers’ B team on Sunday, with more than 25,000 in attendance. The score was 1-0 to Everton when the evacuation was announced, as Kingsford Boayke had scored early in the second half.A post from Everton Stadium on X, formerly Twitter, read: “The Operation Everton Stadium controlled evacuation has commenced. Please leave the stadium via your nearest exit and follow any instructions from stewards.”Explaining the decision, which was made to ensure that the club can obtain a safety license for their new stadium, Everton posted on their website earlier this week: “An evacuation exercise will be performed at Everton’s new stadium as part of the test event schedule that will enable the Club to obtain a safety licence for the 52,888-capacity waterfront venue.”The 25,000-plus supporters attending the stadium’s second test event – a friendly between the Blues’ Under-21s and Bolton Wanderers ‘B’ on Sunday 23 March – are to be asked to exit the stadium during the second half, before the full-time whistle.”The process will allow the emergency services and local authorities to monitor a large-scale evacuation from the Bramley-Moore Dock site and supporters attending the event are being asked to play their part in making the exercise a success.”The planned evacuation will signal the end of the match and supporters will not be allowed to return to the stadium. Attendees will be safely guided out of the stadium and will not be required to muster or congregate. Instead, once out of the stadium, fans will be encouraged to leave as they would if they were leaving after a game.”The Club is working with transport authorities to ensure local services are timed to manage the flow of people away from Bramley-Moore Dock as they exit the stadium.”Alix Waldron, the director of New Stadium Development at Everton, added: “Being able to demonstrate the evacuation routes and processes that have been put in place for Everton Stadium is an important part of us obtaining the required safety certificate and licence.”It will allow us to demonstrate as well as understand how supporters exit the stadium and we are asking fans to play an important role in supporting us by taking it as seriously as if it were a real emergency.”That means supporters staying in their seats until the evacuation protocols begin and exiting the stadium in a calm, considerate manner, paying attention to instructions from stewards and being respectful of others also trying to leave the area.”We hope that this will be the only time we ever need to evacuate the stadium but we are asking everyone to help us in this vital exercise so that we can look forward to opening the stadium to more than 52,000 people from this summer.”Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
