Frankston Park, known commercially as Kinetic Stadium, is a suburban

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ground located in Frankston,

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, in

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. It is home to the

Frankston Football Club Frankston Football Club, nicknamed the ''Dolphins'', is an Australian rules football club based in Frankston, Victoria, Frankston, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club, formed in 1887, has played in the Victorian Football League, Victoria ...

, which plays in the

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. 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. In 2008, the

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had planned to move its primary training base from

Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin, Victoria, Moorabbin. The ground was most ...

to Frankston Park and to re-develop it into a top class training venue for the club; but these plans fell through due to high cost, and the club instead developed and moved to Belvedere Park in nearby Seaford.

Bryan Mace Grandstand

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.Jones, Michael. ''Frankston: Resort to City''. Allen & Unwin: Sydney. 1989. In 2005,

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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

stalwart and general manager. The historic grandstand remained as a landmark at Frankston Park for 72 years, until it was destroyed by fire on 12 February 2008.ABC News – ''Fire destroys historic Frankston grandstand'', 13 February 2008
/ref> The grandstand was subsequently reconstructed and completed in January 2011.

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