Frankston Park

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Frankston Park (known under naming rights as Kinetic Stadium) is an Australian rules football venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. It is home to the Frankston Football Club, which plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Frankston Park is noted for the unusually long and narrow dimensions of its playing surface.

It is also a rare example of a top municipal football ground which has, for most of its history, not been used for cricket during the summer months. In the early 1920s, the council determined that it preferred to leave the ground as a public space during summer and to not compromise the surface by installing cricket pitches. Since that time, Jubilee Park has been the district's primary cricket venue.

The grandstand at Frankston Park was the original grandstand from the first ever Australian Scout Jamboree in 1935, and was relocated to the ground shortly after. In 2005, Frankston City Council funded a A$1.2 million refurbishment of the grandstand. Following the latest refurbishment, it was renamed the "Bryan Mace Grandstand", in honour of the Frankston Football Club stalwart and general manager.

The historic grandstand remained as a landmark at Frankston Park...