Salt Lake City Real Estate - Get Your Piece of the old Port O' Call Today

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March 4, 2009

Get your piece of the old Port O' Call. You know that Port O' Call a Salt Lake City mainstay is now closed due to be Federal Government taking the land for a new court house. Port O' Call has been a local watering hole and tourist attraction for 20 years. The building is 40,000 sq ftr!

Most everything from the closed private club, will be auctioned Wednesday and Thursday, starting both days at 10 a.m.

About 1,100 items, from neon signs and fancy oak doors to kitchen equipment and top-notch sound systems, will be sold to the highest bidders.

"We've had people calling and asking about certain chairs where they might have met their wife -- or divorced their wife," quipped Kent Knowley, the club's owner for nearly two decades. "There's quite a bit of interest in things like that."

Most cherished is the private club's bar. It was purchased by the owners of the Haggis, the club that occupied the corner before it was bought by Knowley, who had run a machine tool business.

When Knowley first bought the club, it held about 80 people. But working with his wife, Jannette, brother Scott and a small crew of loyal employees -- "we did all of our own building, plumbing, laundry, everything" -- they expanded over time into a four-story, 40,000-square-foot club with two stages, two dance floors and an industrial kitchen befitting "one of the largest bars west of the Mississippi.

"Because of the size of the place, whatever we have, we have a bunch of it," Knowley said, citing 1,200 or so chairs and bar stools, 60 flat-screen TVs and neon signs galore.

Many items reflect Utah history.

Knowley had neon lights of professional sports teams custom made after legislators banned clubs from having beer signs in windows. He also collected Olympic signs, not just for the Salt Lake Games but for earlier renditions.

"I've always been a collector, so I have a lot of that kind of stuff," Knowley said, appreciative of the idea that his club appealed to commoners as well as celebrities. "All the [NBA] ballplayers came in and a lot of actors, like Ed Harris, spent time here."

The sale will take place Today March 4 and Thursday, starting at 10 a.m., at the club. Cost to participate is $10. Photos of items, terms of sales and additional information is available at www.salesandauction.com.

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Thanks to the Salt Lake Trib for some of the information and Photo by Erin Alberty