The Copper Box Arena is a multi-sport venue built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England.
The Copper Box Arena in September 2013
The Copper Box interior before a handball game
Aerial view of the building in 2012
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London. It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the Olympic stadium, now known as the London Stadium, and the Olympic swimming pool together with the athletes' Olympic Village and several other Olympic sporting venues and the London Olympics Media Centre. The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art.
Aerial view of the park in October 2022
The London Aquatics Centre with the ArcelorMittal Orbit on the right
Lee Valley VeloPark
Olympic gardens in front of the River Lea and its tributary the City Mill River