Adelaide Oval's stunning success this season is the glossy wallpaper covering ugly cracks in AFL crowd figures.
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But Docklands had the worst crowd numbers in its history and the MCG also featured its lowest crowds since 2006, when the members stand was being redeveloped.
Undoubtedly the highlight of this year for the league has been the Adelaide Oval redevelopment.
The total crowd figure at the ground for Port Adelaide and Adelaide home-and-away games was 1,016,514, at an average of 46,205.
That is a massive increase on the 665,808 total for Football Park's swansong last year, with an average of only 30,264.