Sports facilities are referred to as mainly the immovable structures for sport practice, maintenance, repair and health, in which safety issues should be considered by authorities. However, there has been insufficient research to determine how well practice and challenges in sports facility management have been carried out in Ethiopia, as well as in western Oromia, East wollega zone in Nekemte town. As a result, the purpose of this study is to look in to the practice and challenges of sport facility management in the Nekemte of town. The main objective of this study was to assess the practice and challenges of sport facility management in Nekemte town. The descriptive survey approach was used in this study. The total population of this study were 84, 69 males and 15 females. The researcher used the available purposive sampling technique for all respondents, because of they were directly concerned with the issues under discussion and also they are few in number, so all of them were included in these study. Questionnaires, interviews and observations were used to gather data from sample respondents. The thesis employs both quantitative and qualitative data processing methods. SPSS (v-24) was used to analyze the quantitative data, tables, percentages, and frequency, to calculate on the base responses of the respondents. Qualitative data is analyzed by using words. Based on data analyzed, the following findings were obtained. According to the response gained about challenges, the current result revealed that Marjorie’s of respondents 50 (85%) of respondents, there was challenges in sport facility management particularly in stadium in Nekemte town, when explained their idea as the following, lack of employee experience, lack of coordination from top level to low level, Budget and financial constraints. To overcome these challenges, the following recommendations have been forwarded, Nekemte town admistration should approve the budget for the sports facilities in Nekemte tow, give training for sport employees, and sport facility employees should be give high attention for football stadium.
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