This study presents a framework that scientifically determines the hosting-right for a sporting event. The framework is based on techno-economic analysis of potential hosting locations for a sporting event. | A fuzzy multi-criteria approach for hosting-right selection A case study of sport event International Journal of Data and Network Science 3 2019 1 12 Contents lists available at GrowingScience International Journal of Data and Network Science homepage ijds A fuzzy multi-criteria approach for hosting-right selection A case study of sport event Samson Olusola Babatundea and Desmond Eseoghene Ighravweb a Department of Human Kinetic and Health Education Univeristy of Lagos Nigeria b Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Bells University of Technology Nigeria CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Decision-making process is an integral part of every sporting event across the globe. This process Received October 11 2018 uses inputs from single to multi-decision makers. To make a sporting event a success appropriate Received in revised format Octo- decision making needs to be made starting from hosting-right to the end of the event. Thus this ber 20 2018 study presents a framework that scientifically determines the hosting-right for a sporting event. Accepted December 2 2018 Available online The framework is based on techno-economic analysis of potential hosting locations for a sporting December 5 2018 event. Techno-economic criteria are analysed using fuzzy TOPSIS technique for order preference Keywords by similarity to ideal solution method. The analysis of the hosting-right is also performed through TOPSIS technical economic techno-economic and cost-benefit ratio perspectives. A case study of na- Hosting-right tional sports festival in Nigeria is used to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed framework. Techno-economic criteria Twelve technical and eight economic criteria are considered in the proposed framework. Six lo- Cost-benefit ratio cations are considered during the implementation of the proposed framework. The results obtained show that the issue of hosting-right award depends on the evaluation criteria that are .
