Best cities for sports in Arizona

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of Arizona by their 0-10 sports score, which combines density of centers per resident, variety of sports, listing quality and real activity. To keep the comparison fair, we measure every city's offering with the same sources of national coverage. An honest way to see where it's easiest (and hardest) to find somewhere to play.

115 scorable cities in Arizona.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Prescott	8.8	163
2	Cave Creek	8.4	72
3	Flagstaff	8.2	215
4	Payson	8.1	50
5	Show Low	8.1	42
6	Tucson	7.9	1261
7	Kingman	7.9	78
8	Lake Havasu City	7.8	139
9	Sedona	7.8	125
10	Prescott Valley	7.8	69
11	Page	7.8	33
12	Mesa	7.7	992
13	Tempe	7.7	669
14	Peoria	7.7	319
15	Williams	7.7	17
16	Scottsdale	7.6	1513
17	Green Valley	7.6	53
18	Queen Creek	7.5	138
19	Sierra Vista	7.5	98
20	Gilbert	7.4	605
21	Goodyear	7.3	173
22	Casa Grande	7.3	80
23	Nogales	7.3	38
24	Globe	7.3	17
25	Yuma	7.2	196
26	Avondale	7.2	123
27	Anthem	7.2	42
28	Surprise	7.1	197
29	Marana	7.1	77
30	Camp Verde	7.1	26
31	Phoenix	7.0	2544
32	Fountain Hills	7.0	75
33	Litchfield Park	7.0	32
34	Wickenburg	7.0	31
35	Safford	7.0	24
36	Chandler	6.9	665
37	Oro Valley	6.9	104
38	Apache Junction	6.9	53
39	Glendale	6.8	396
40	Sun City West	6.8	36
41	Maricopa	6.7	88
42	Cottonwood	6.7	32
43	Bullhead City	6.6	62
44	Chino Valley	6.6	23
45	Buckeye	6.5	73
46	El Mirage	6.4	22
47	Thatcher	6.4	16
48	Winslow	6.3	20
49	Vail	6.3	17
50	Benson	6.3	16
51	Fort Mohave	6.2	24
52	San Tan Valley	6.1	52
53	Holbrook	6.1	11
54	Somerton	5.9	13
55	Casas Adobes	5.8	42
56	Tolleson	5.8	17
57	Oracle	5.8	11
58	Eloy	5.7	18
59	Coolidge	5.7	16
60	Douglas	5.7	15
61	Bisbee	5.7	13
62	Snowflake	5.7	9
63	Miami	5.7	6
64	Sun City	5.6	51
65	Willcox	5.6	12
66	Star Valley	5.5	7
67	Sahuarita	5.4	29
68	Paradise Valley	5.2	33
69	Catalina Foothills	5.1	44
70	New River	5.1	22
71	Florence	4.9	17
72	Wellton	4.9	10
73	Rio Rico	4.8	9
74	Tubac	4.8	7
75	Fortuna Foothills	4.7	21
76	Rio Verde	4.7	8
77	Morenci	4.7	4
78	Gold Canyon	4.6	21
79	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)	4.6	12
80	Carefree	4.5	16
81	Patagonia	4.5	6
82	Sun Lakes	4.4	19
83	Saddlebrooke	4.4	14
84	Flowing Wells	4.4	8
85	Pinetop-Lakeside	4.2	12
86	San Luis	4.2	10
87	Springerville	4.2	6
88	Guadalupe	4.2	3
89	Bagdad	4.1	6
90	Taylor	4.1	4
91	Catalina	4.0	9
92	Youngtown	3.9	6
93	Sierra Vista Southeast	3.6	13
94	Ajo	3.6	6
95	St. Johns	3.6	4
96	Parker Strip	3.5	5
97	Drexel Heights	3.4	3
98	Superior	3.2	6
99	Kearny	3.2	5
100	Heber-Overgaard	3.1	5

How do we calculate the score?

Variety (25%) — how many different sports the city covers.
Quality (20%) — richness of each center's information.
Activity (20%) — real user interest over the last 30 days.
Scale (15%) — number of centers in the city.
Density (10%) — centers per resident (dampened).
Courts (10%) — total capacity: number of courts.

Each section is measured as a percentile against the other cities in the United States and combined into the final score, on a 0-10 scale. Variety and density are measured with a uniform instrument (only sources with homogeneous national coverage) so that no city is favored by having a more complete open catalog. We only score cities with population data and a presence in those sources.