The clock was relocated to Bowman Field after undertaking a restoration project. Barney Bright's son Jeb Bright had been restoring the figures for the project. In December 2009, the clock's chief restorer Adam Burckle came to an agreement with Louisville Metro mayor Jerry Abramson to install the clock in a new landscaped plaza at the entrance of the Louisville Zoo in Spring 2010, where it would be viewed by about 900,000 zoo visitors a year. In December 2010, zoo officials decided the cost, to be as much as $200,000 or more,
