Developing Soccer Specific Stadiums for Major League Soccer

This study was designed to examine Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) strategies and decision making criteria associated with developing “Ideal-Type” Soccer Specific Stadiums (SSS) in Major League Soccer (MLS). The study addressed and measured key decision making success criteria associated with the development of SSS in MLS. A preexisting 1995 Temple University study by Dr. Wayne Rasmussen was emulated and the modification of the Delphi survey instrumentation model and methodology was used for this study. Three customized survey questionnaires were developed for measuring homogeneity (agreement) in the panelists’ most important and least important decision criteria rankings. The research objective was to determine both homogeneity and heterogeneity (differences) of the responses by the various groups related to three survey questions.