This five-star hotel houses 658 rooms across 28 floors.

Crown Metropol: reputedly Australia's largest hotel by number of rooms.

Located on the banks of the Yarra River it overlooks the city centre, Kings Domain, Port Phillip and Docklands. It houses 481 rooms and villas over 38 floors.

Crown Towers: a skyscraper comprising a five-star luxury hotel located within the Crown Entertainment Complex.

There are several nightclubs and restaurants as well as 'Kingpin' (formerly Galactic Circus), an electronic games arcade, laser tag game, bowling alley, and many luxury brands. Ĭrown Casino has a licence for 540 table games (100 poker tables) and 2,500 poker machines. The entire complex has a space of 510,000 m 2, making it the largest casino complex in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the largest in the world.

Children under the age of 18 are permitted into the entertainment and shopping section of complex, but not into the gaming area or areas serving alcohol. It is one of the central features of the Southbank area in the Melbourne central business district and the Crown Towers fronts onto the waterfront as part of Southbank Promenade. On opening night, Actress Rachel Griffiths infamously ran through the casino topless on its opening night to protest the project. It was designed by a team of architects and interior designers working in collaboration, including: Bates Smart, Perrott Lyon Mathieson and Daryl Jackson (in association).

This location was a temporary, and training, setup while construction of the proper complex occurred.Ĭrown's permanent location opened on of the southern bank of the Yarra River.

Opening and statistics Temporary location Ĭrown Casino opened on 30 June 1994 at the World Trade Centre on the northern bank of the Yarra River. It was founded, owned and run by Lloyd Williams until taken over by Publishing & Broadcasting Limited in 1999.

The complex also hosts three hotels, Crown Towers, Crown Promenade, and Crown Metropol. The entire complex has a space of 510,000 m 2-the equivalent to two city blocks-making it the largest casino complex in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the largest in the world. It remains one of the central features of the Southbank precinct of the Melbourne central business district. Initially having opened in 1994 on the north bank of the Yarra River, Crown Melbourne relocated and re–opened on the south bank of the Yarra, in 1997. Crown Casino is a subsidiary of Crown Resorts, and was the first casino of the now-international Crown brand. Aerial view of the complex from the north The Atrium at CrownĬrown Melbourne (also referred to as Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex) is a casino and resort located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia.

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