Athletic Storage Solutions for Equipment Rooms & Team Facilities

The equipment room is usually the most crowded space in an athletic building. Fixed shelving needs an aisle beside every run, so half the room is empty walkway. High-density mobile shelving puts the shelving carriages on floor rails and opens only the aisle you need, which in many rooms roughly doubles the storage that fits. Helmets, shoulder pads, practice jerseys, ball bags and season-off inventory each get their own carriage, labeled by sport.

In Ogden, Utah, we installed mechanical-assist mobile shelving in an athletics facility storage room; the Ogden athletics case study shows the finished room.

When a school or team wants a showcase locker room instead of rows of steel, we quote Olympian wood athletic lockers from ICI Scientific / CampbellRhea. Olympian lockers are built in Henry County, Tennessee, in a wide range of wood species, stains and laminate finishes, so the room can carry school colors and wood tones that match benches and trim.

The line covers open team lockers with a top shelf, hanging rod and hooks, enclosed lockers with lockable upper compartments, and seat-box bases that give each athlete a place to sit and a secure spot for shoes or valuables. Curved or straight side panels, nameplate rails and helmet or shoulder-pad shelves are specified per room.

Why wood and laminate for team rooms

• Impact and rust resistant: wood and laminate will not dent like thin sheet steel or rust in humid locker rooms.
• No absorbed odors: ventilated seat-box fronts and open faces let wet gear air out between practices.
• Low maintenance: ICI describes Olympian as virtually maintenance free, with a three-year standard warranty.
• Built for athletics: used in high schools, community colleges, universities and team facilities.

Planning an Olympian locker room

Olympian lockers are made to order, so we start with athlete count, sport mix and room dimensions, then lay out widths (wider units for football gear), seat-box depth, aisle clearance and at least one accessible locker per type. Lead time and finish options are confirmed with ICI at quote. Want steel instead? Compare heavy-duty welded lockers or Hallowell. For ICI’s full product range, see the ICI Scientific overview from our sister company Labs USA.

Request an Olympian locker quote or call 801-328-8788.

Balls, bats, hurdles, cones and practice equipment walk away when they sit on open shelving. A welded wire mesh cage locks them up while staying see-through, so a coach can check what is inside without opening the door, air keeps moving around damp gear, and sprinkler water can reach the contents. Cages can be a single bay in a corner of the gym, a row of team bays with one door each, or a full partition room with a mesh ceiling.

See our wire mesh security cages for panel sizes, doors and anchoring, or request a cage quote with your room size.

Wire mesh lockers for personal and team gear

Mesh lockers sit between a cage and a steel locker. Each athlete or team gets a lockable compartment, the open mesh lets gear dry, and units can stack two high to double the count along a wall. They work well for helmets and pads, bag storage at a field house, and coaches who share a room.

Compare sizes and options on our wire mesh lockers page. Schools also use the same cage systems for instruments; see the band equipment storage cage project.

Weight rooms and field houses store heavy, awkward items: plates, kettlebells, bands, plyo boxes, mats, sleds, cones and seasonal field equipment. Boltless shelving with particleboard or wire decks handles bulky bins and boxes, and heavy-duty steel shelving carries dense loads. Wall runs of wire shelving with bins work for small items that need to drain or dry.

At the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah, we installed pallet racking, cantilever racking and boltless shelving for adaptive sports equipment; read the adaptive sports equipment storage case study.

Gear cages and laundry carts that lift out of the way

Equipment managers run out of floor long before they run out of height. An overhead lift hangs a lockable gear cage from the ceiling: lower it to load helmets, balls or travel trunks, then raise it and the floor underneath is free for carts, benches or a work area.

For uniform and towel rooms, wall-mounted lifts pick up loaded laundry carts and park them on brackets above head height, so clean and dirty loads stay separate without a row of carts blocking the aisle. Our partner Lift and Store, which has built overhead lifts since 1992 and reports more than 10,000 installations, makes both cage and cart versions.

Kayak, paddle and rec-center ceiling lifts

Outdoor programs and campus rec centers rent out kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and bikes that take up a whole room on the floor. A ceiling lift carries a frame with straps and cradles. Staff lower it to waist height, check boats in and out, and send the fleet back up above the rental counter.

• Lift and Store rates standard lifts at up to 800 lb per 8-ft section, with lengths from 8 to 48 ft.
• The manufacturer lists a motor brake that holds at any height, a free-fall arrestor, aircraft-grade cables and hold-to-run controls.
• Warranty is 5 years mechanical and 1 year electrical, and fulfillment typically runs about 6 weeks, according to the manufacturer.