View of casino from the other side of the river.Initially having opened in 1994 on the north bank of the Yarra, Crown Melbourne relocated and re–opened on the south bank of the Yarra, in 1997. It remains one of the central features of the Southbank precinct of the Melbourne central business district. It is the largest casino complex in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the largest in the world. The complex also hosts four hotels,