Evaluation of Stadium Locations Using AHP and TOPSIS Methods

Abstract

With the industrialization of sports stadiums started to mean more than a venue for playing games. Therefore choosing the best location for a stadium is an important problem for sports clubs. In this paper a two-step hierarchical multi-criteria decision-making model has been developed to evaluate stadium locations. In the first step Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been used to determine the criteria weights. In the second step TOPSIS has been used to evaluate the alternatives. Four main criteria have been identified to evaluate alternatives: (1) stadium capacity (2) construction cost (3) accessibility and (4) distances. As a case study the proposed model has been applied to three new stadium constructions in Izmir Turkey.