The 7,500-capacity venue, which is based at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and operated by social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), welcomed around 6,000 attendees to an international basketball match between teams GB and Puerto Rico last weekend.
A number of major events have been scheduled to take place at the Copper Box Arena in the coming weeks. This includes the London Lions basketball team versus Iowa University this Wednesday (14 August), with 4,500 tickets sold so far for the match.
English boxing manager Frank Warren has also agreed a six-fight deal with the venue, with the first scheduled for Saturday 21 September.
National charity basketball fundraiser Hoops Aid will be taking place at the Copper Box Arena on Sunday 15 September, while the world’s best badminton players will be at the venue between 1 and 6 October for the London Grand Prix.
Other events include National Paralympic Day, a park-wide festival taking place on 7 September in which the space will host a range of Paralympic sports.
Peter Tudor, director of venues at London Legacy Development Corporation, said: "The atmosphere in the arena on Sunday was electrifying. During the Games this was ‘the box that rocks’ and it was rocking again.
"GLL have secured some superb sporting events for the coming months, and with local people starting to use the leisure and sporting facilities the future is looking very bright indeed."
Tony Wallace, head of Olympic venues at GLL, added: "Hosting the first major event was always going to be a challenge. But everything went very well and the feedback from both players and spectators has been phenomenal.
"This is the first of a fantastic line-up of top-class sporting events we have scheduled for the coming months and we’re confident that the Copper Box Arena will quickly become recognised as one of the UK’s best entertainment venues."
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