Mattress Maker Stretches Bed For NBA Star

February 12, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Mattresses on February 2007 At seven feet tall, Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut is too big for a standard-sized mattress.

So, when the native of Australia who was the No. 1 pick in the 2005 NBA draft recently visited Verlo Mattress Factory Stores of Fort Atkinson, Wisc., for an autograph signing, the store owners presented him with a super-sized, custom-made bed that the 245-pound Bogut said will allow him to sleep without his feet dangling over the edge—as they do even with a California king. The eight-foot-long mattress is more than a foot longer than a standard king.

Verlo Mattress Spokeswoman Julie Henningfield said the owners of four Verlo franchises joined fources to craft two beds for Bogut, so he can ship one to his home in Austrailia and have another in Milwaukee.

“He said there was no place to get a customized mattress in Australia, and he asked us if we’d open a Verlo store there for him,” she said.