Do you miss The Cliff? Parts of UK’s former baseball stadium now have new owners.
Cliff Hagan Stadium was the home of the Kentucky baseball program for nearly 50 years, starting in 1969 and continuing through the 2018 season.
Kentucky won 733 games during its nearly five decades of baseball at the venue.
But since the Wildcats moved to Kentucky Proud Park in the Barnhart Family Athletics Complex starting with the 2019 season, The Cliff has sat unused.
Now, there’s a visible overgrowth of grass and weeds within its walls.
Kentucky has begun to sell parts of The Cliff and give them a new home.
Through University of Kentucky Surplus Property — which aims to reuse property by making it available to the UK community by donating, selling by auction or recycling — several baseball-related items from Cliff Hagan Stadium were sold this week through GovDeals, an online marketplace that “provides services to government, educational, and related entities for the sale of surplus assets to the public.”
The auctions for several Cliff Hagan Stadium and Kentucky baseball-related items ended Thursday night.
Here’s a look at some of the most interesting items from The Cliff sold to the public, how many people bid on those items and how much money they were sold for (buyers are also responsible for moving expenses).
Stadium light towers with lights
A total of six light towers with lights that lined the outside of the playing field at Cliff Hagan Stadium were made available for purchase. Each light tower unit is about 60 feet tall.
The winning bid was $54, and with tax and buyer’s premium added the total price of the sale was $61.53.
This means the winning bid equates to less than $11 per light tower and lights.
There were three bids for the stadium light towers and lights.
Infield turf
Artificial turf from Cliff Hagan Stadium, including a portion behind home plate with the UK logo emblazoned on it, was made available for purchase.
Approximately 1,975 square feet of artificial turf was to be sold.
The winning bid was $600, and with tax and buyer’s premium added the total price of the sale was $683.70.
There were 29 total bids for the infield turf.
Foul poles
Both of the foul poles at Cliff Hagan Stadium were sold. The distance to the foul pole down the left field foul line was 340 feet, and the distance to the foul pole down the right field foul line was 310 feet.
Each foul pole is between 20 to 30 feet tall.
The winning bid was $102, and with tax and buyer’s premium added the total price of the sale was $116.23 for both foul poles.
There were 13 total bids for the foul poles.
Outfield wall
Segments of the outfield wall at Cliff Hagan Stadium were made available for purchase.
The pictures shown with the listing include the 390-foot marker on the outfield wall, which was the distance to center field at The Cliff.
The winning bid was $50, and with tax and buyer’s premium added the total price of the sale was $56.98.
There was just one bid for the outfield wall.
Scoreboard and videoboard
The iconic scoreboard and videoboard at Cliff Hagan Stadium — which features a clock face, home and away scoreboard and a Jimmy John’s advertisement — was perhaps the most noteworthy item made available for purchase.
The winning bid was $64.00, and with tax and buyer’s premium added the total price of the sale was $72.93.
There were seven bids for the scoreboard.
This story was originally published May 13, 2022 at 2:01 PM.
