Analyzing the key success factors behind of the construction of the sports facilities projects (Case study: The Sports Complex of Naghsh-e-Jahan in Isfahan)

Either success or failure of sports projects as one of the most important urban public utilities, which has a variety of impacts on the environment and society. Unfortunately, it has failed in many cases in our country and has led to the loss of huge budgets. The aim of this study is to analyze the key success factors behind of the construction of sports facilities projects. The statistical population of this study includes all employers, consultants and contractors who participated in designing, constructing, monitoring and exploiting the second phase of the Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in Isfahan. In this matter, about 200 people are chosen among them, as the statistical sample by random sampling. The research measuring tool is a researcher-made questionnaire whose formal and content validity was confirmed by experts after careful examination of the texts and literature of the research. Moreover, its reliability is calculated using Cronbach's alpha (0.873). In addition to the descriptive statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, and the second order confirmatory factor analysis were utilized to investigate the data. The computational results showed that the most important key success factors of sport projects were management factors (0.95), environmental factors (0.83), project characteristics (0.81) and organizational factors (0.78) respectively.