Sports Equipment Storage

Case Study

How do The Golden Knights stay organized, so they can focus on what matters the most: winning

Even though the Las Vegas Golden Knights is one of the newest teams to take the ice in the NHL, Chris Davidson Adams, the team’s head equipment manager, is no rookie. He’s been doing his job, or something like it, since he was 16 and filling water bottles for pro athletes back in Wisconsin.

Chris’s expertise was invaluable while the Golden Knights worked with Montel to devise a sports equipment storage solution that fits as well as a laced-up pair of skates.

Challenges
The Golden Knights play at T-Mobile Arena, but they practice at City National Arena, so an investment in smarter sports equipment storage would need to address the organizational hurdles of spreading equipment across two locations.

And, no surprises here—your average shelf isn’t designed to properly or efficiently store cumbersome things like pads and sticks, let alone provide the flexibility to store them differently as needs change season after season.

Chris will be the first to tell you: managing sports equipment in the NHL is more than hunting down a clean pair of socks. Equipment can’t fill the entire storage space. Chris and his team sharpen skates and repair pads, which necessitates space for skate sharpeners and sewing machines.
Solution
In the end, the Golden Knights and Montel agreed on a Mobilex mechanical-assist mobile storage system at each of their two locations. It’s already one of the more popular mobile storage systems for sports equipment managers because of its simplicity and versatility.
Product features
Like all mobile storage systems, Mobilex’s compact, collapsible design reduces the storage footprint, reclaiming space for equipment staff. Now there’s plenty of room for comfortably sharpening skates and repairing pads.

Each Mobilex carriage comes with a SafeCrank ergonomic handle on the end panel. One pound of pressure is enough to safely move tons of equipment. The custom shelving, drawers, and racks hold helmets, jerseys, and more the way they’re meant to be held and keep them easily organized and identifiable at a snap, supporting the dedicated Golden Knights equipment staff.

Montel’s SmartGlide high-density moveable shelving was designed for you. It’s perfect for places low on space but high on possibility.

Don’t think you have enough space for all your files, boxes, hardware, and what not? Are you interested in mobile storage but can’t figure out how to fit the system into the very limited space you do have?

Then Montel’s SmartGlide high-density moveable shelving was designed for you. It’s perfect for places low on space but high on possibility. A perfect solution along walls or in confined spaces.

SmartGlide glides laterally and fits where any shelving can. Create a single push-and-glide modular system or layer it two deep or even three deep for more capacity. Add cabinets for the extra organization or lockable doors for privacy. SmartGlide is available with either SmartShelf (4-post) shelving system for multiple environments.

SmartGlide is easy to install, adjust, expand, and move, so when your needs change, your storage can adapt with you.

And SmartGlide systems are manufactured with Montel’s legendary standard for safety, with anti-tip devices built right into the rails—so strong they can even withstand an earthquake!

Ask an Authorized Montel Distributor about SmartGlide today. They’ll provide a free no-obligation consultation, including 2D and 3D renderings of what your new storage space could look like.

Montel SmartGlide—its storage unlimited.

Case Study

Sports Equipment Storage at University of Wisconsin (Badgers)

The University of Wisconsin needed flexible athletic equipment mobile shelving storage solutions either for their multisports or their football equipment as powerful as its sports legacy and as dominant as their Wisconsin Badgers.