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Home of the London Lions since 2013. Built for the 2012 Olympic Games and now one of the loudest indoor arenas in the country — small enough that every seat is a good one, big enough that a full house sounds like it.
The arena sits in the middle of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, so the last stretch of every route is a walk across the park. Give yourself ten minutes more than the map says on a busy night.
Hackney Wick is the closest station — a five-minute walk. This is the quickest way in and the quickest way out afterwards.
Stratford is about fifteen minutes on foot across the park. Central, Jubilee, DLR, Overground, Elizabeth line and national rail all stop there.
There is no parking at the arena. The nearest option is the car parks at Westfield Stratford City, a short walk away.
Doors open 60 minutes before tip-off. The pre-show starts 30 minutes before, and it is the part first-timers most often miss by arriving late — music, lights, and a building filling up around you.
The game itself is four quarters of ten minutes with a longer break at half-time. Nothing stops for long. Allow around two hours in the building from doors to the final buzzer.
It is an indoor arena, so the weather is irrelevant, and it is compact enough that you are close to the floor wherever you sit. That is the thing people say most often after a first visit: they did not expect to be that close.
Courtside and Baseline sit right on the floor. The 100s ring the court at the lower level and the 200s sit above them. It is a compact building, so wherever you end up you are closer to the game than you expect.
The things people most often ring a venue about, answered in one place. These are Copper Box Arena rules and they apply to every event in the building, not only ours.
No bag larger than roughly A4 (30cm x 30cm x 30cm), and every bag is searched on the way in. Umbrellas are fine as long as they fit inside a bag. There is nowhere at the arena to store bags or luggage, so travel light.
The arena is completely cashless. Visa, Mastercard and Maestro are accepted at every bar and kiosk, so do not rely on having cash with you.
No outside food, bottles or cans, and no alcohol brought in from elsewhere. Smoking and e-cigarettes are not permitted.
Give yourself time to get through the entry checks and be in your seat for tip-off. The pre-show starts 30 minutes before, and it is the part first-timers most often miss.
Please use the seat printed on your ticket. Children under five are not permitted in Dugout, Courtside or Baseline seating.
Children aged two and under come in free and do not need a ticket. From three years old, every child needs their own ticket.
The Copper Box is a registered accessible venue, with accessible toilets and changing rooms. Wheelchair and Ambulant tickets are booked online like any other seat: pick the ticket type on the Ticketmaster listing, set the quantity to one, and add the free companion ticket at the same time. Proof of eligibility is needed before the game. The arena publishes its own accessibility guide.
Phones are absolutely fine. Cameras, video cameras and audio recording devices are not permitted in the arena.
If you are picking tickets up at the box office, only the person who bought them can collect, and they will need the booking reference, photo ID and the card used to pay.
The arena is in the middle of one of the best-connected corners of London, which makes a Lions game an easy thing to build an evening around.
Hackney Bridge is where most people end up — a yard full of independent kitchens and bars, a few minutes from the arena on the Hackney Wick side of the park. Westfield Stratford City is the other direction if you want something quicker and under cover.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is worth arriving early for in daylight — the walk in past the stadium and the Orbit is a decent part of the night in its own right.
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