Over 100,000 visit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in first month

Since the first phase of opening to the public a month ago, more than 100,000 people have visited the north part of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Basketball was held at the Copper Box Arena earlier this month
Basketball was held at the Copper Box Arena earlier this month

The London Legacy Development Corporation revealed the news yesterday (28 August), and includes the Copper Box Arena, part of the north section of the park, which was the first London 2012 venue to reopen to the public.

The venue has had more than 26,500 visitors through its door since it opened on 27 July, and has . Thousands of visitors have also had a go at sports in the Copper Box Arena ranging from badminton and wheelchair basketball to indoor canoeing.

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has hosted a range of events over the summer which, in total, has seen almost 700,000 people in the space, with thousands more set to attend the National Paralympic Day on 7 September.

Dennis Hone, chief executive of the LLDC, said: "With wheelchair basketball at the Copper Box Arena, zumba classes at Timber Lodge, poetry reading in Tumbling Bay and beautiful and peaceful parklands Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park really does has something for everyone.

"It is fantastic that so many people have visited the park in its first month of opening and seen for themselves what it has to offer.

"With Paralympians like Aled Davies, disability art, street theatre and top sporting action coming up this looks set to continue over the coming months, we are on track to deliver an amazing destination and these activities are just a taster of what’s to come when the park opens fully in the spring."

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will fully open in spring 2014.

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