Selecting the Right Location for Sports Facilities Using Analytical Hierarchy Process

dc.contributor.author Erturan-Ogut, Esin Esra
dc.contributor.author Kula, Ufuk
dc.contributor.other Spor Yöneticiliği Bölümü
dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-11T13:00:39Z
dc.date.available 2025-01-11T13:00:39Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description Kula, Ufuk/0000-0002-4061-5873; Erturan-Ogut, E. Esra/0000-0002-4320-1545 en_US
dc.description.abstract Purpose This study aims to adapt analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for choosing the optimal location for sport facilities. The location of a sports facility contributes significantly to its potential success or failure. Therefore, factors affecting such location-related decisions must be carefully studied and prioritized in a systematic fashion. Design/methodology/approach This study develops a seven-step framework which may be used to decide on a location from among several alternatives. Through an extensive literature review, this study first determines the factors affecting sports facility location selection and then applies AHP steps by asking several sports facility owners and managers to assess importance of the criteria. Findings This study determined the sport facility location selection factors as "ease of access," "facility features," "financial issues," "neighborhood" and "market," and further divided each factor into its subfactors. To illustrate the framework of using AHP as a tool to select the right location for sport facilities, we chose three candidate locations and scored them according to the calculated weight scores of the criteria, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each location. Practical implications This study provides several managerial implications that may guide sport facility investors in choosing the right location. Social implications This study presents a method to evaluate different factors for different actors of sport industry in a systematic way. Private investors can use the method for securing sufficient number of potential customers in a well-selected location. Government institutions and public policymakers can use the method, possibly with different sets of factors, to decide on the location of public sports facilities to maximize the number of visitors or to reach disadvantaged or underserved populations. Originality/value This framework of AHP method can help private and public investors and policymakers evaluate and make the optimal decision for choosing sports facility locations. This study contributes both to sport management theory and practice as well as to operation management literature. This study also refined the scattered factors in the literature of selecting a sport facility site in a more understandable and adaptable way. en_US
dc.identifier.citation 4
dc.identifier.doi 10.1108/JFM-09-2021-0103
dc.identifier.issn 1472-5967
dc.identifier.issn 1741-0983
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85128993970
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-09-2021-0103
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14627/53
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.subject Sport Facilities en_US
dc.subject Facility Location Selection en_US
dc.subject Analytical Hierarchy Process en_US
dc.subject Multiple Criteria Decision-Making en_US
dc.title Selecting the Right Location for Sports Facilities Using Analytical Hierarchy Process en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
gdc.author.id Kula, Ufuk/0000-0002-4061-5873
gdc.author.id Erturan-Ogut, E. Esra/0000-0002-4320-1545
gdc.author.institutional Erturan Öğüt, Esin Esra
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gdc.author.scopusid 6507828765
gdc.author.wosid Kula, Ufuk/IWU-4774-2023
gdc.author.wosid Erturan-Ogut, E. Esra/HGU-5745-2022
gdc.description.department Fenerbahçe University en_US
gdc.description.departmenttemp [Erturan-Ogut, Esin Esra] Fenerbahce Univ, Fac Sport Sci, Istanbul, Turkey; [Kula, Ufuk] Amer Univ Middle East, Dept Ind Engn, Coll Engn, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait en_US
gdc.description.endpage 750 en_US
gdc.description.issue 5 en_US
gdc.description.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
gdc.description.scopusquality Q2
gdc.description.startpage 733 en_US
gdc.description.volume 21 en_US
gdc.description.woscitationindex Emerging Sources Citation Index
gdc.identifier.wos WOS:000776523500001
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