The owners of the Blitz professional soccer team are disappointed in their team’s home attendance, so they are considering moving to one of four cities: Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, or Durham. The criteria the owners are using to make their decision are population in the 15–40 age group, soccer interest (measured by youth, high school, and college soccer game participation and attendance), media market, entertainment and sports competition,

and the proposed playing facility. Following are the owners’ pairwise comparisons for the four potential cities for each of the five criteria, and the owners’ pairwise comparisons for the criteria:
Population City A B C D A 1 5 4 9 B 1/5 1 1/3 4 C 1/4 3 1 5 D 1/9 1/4 1/5 1 Soccer Interest City A B C D A 1 3 1 1/4 B 1/3 1 1/3 1/6 C 1 3 1 1/2 D 4 6 2 1 Media Market City A B C D A 1 5 3 7 B 1/5 1 1/4 2 C 1/3 4 1 3 D 1/7 1/2 1/3 1 Competition City A B C D A 1 2 1/3 1/7 B 1/2 1 1/4 1/6 C 3 4 1 1/4 D 7 6 4 1 Playing Facility City A B C D A 1 1/2 1/4 1/7 B 2 1 1/3 1/5 C 4 3 1 1/4 D 7 5 4 1 Criterion Population Soccer Interest Media Market Competition Playing Facility Population 1 1/5 1/2 2 1/4 Soccer interest 5 1 3 6 4 Media market 2 1/3 1 3 1/2 Competition 1/2 1/6 1/3 1 1/2 Playing facility 4 1/4 2 2 1 Using AHP determine which city the owners should select to relocate to. LO.1