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Safety Inside The Stadium.

If you visit the Bolton Wanderers Museum you will find out about a terrible disaster that took place in March 1946. 33 people were killed by being crushed to death when a gate burst open at Burnden Park..

Here we see part of the News of The World report on the 1946 Tragedy. The original Victorian Turnstiles from Burnden Park.

When the Reebok Stadium was completed in 1997 it was designed to be one of the safest stadiums in the world. during our tour you will see many safety features the most important being the Reebok is an all seater stadium holding around 28,000 fans. If you look at the photographs below  can you  identify some of the other safety  features.