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| image_caption=Crown Casino in 2007, along the [[Yarra River]] in [[Melbourne]]
|rooms=1,604
|date_opened= {{start date and age|1994}}
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|attractions=The Palladium<br>Seasons of Fortune, Southern Porte Cochere, Revelry, Brigades and Celebration
==Founding and statistics ==
Crown's casino complex opened in 1997, after moving from a temporary location that opened in 1994 on the north bank of the Yarra. It is one of the central features of the [[Southbank, Victoria|Southbank]] area in the [[Melbourne central business district|central business district]] and the Crown Promenade fronts onto the waterfront as part of Southbank Promenade. Children under 18 are permitted into the entertainment and shopping section of complex, but not into the gaming area or areas serving alcohol. The entire complex has a space of 510,000 m², making it the largest casino complex in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melbourne-hotels.redflag.info/crown-casino.htm |title=Crown Casino Melbourne entertainment restaurant |publisher=Melbourne-hotels.redflag.info |date= |accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref> and one of the largest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamblinginfo.com/128_Crown_Casino.htm|title=Crown Casino|publisher=Gambling Info|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.schiavello.com/project-database/crown-melbourne-southbank/ "Resources Project Database Crown Melbourne, Southbank"]. ''Schiavello''. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2017</ref>
== Crown Casino==
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