Best cities for sports in Colorado

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of Colorado 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.

177 scorable cities in Colorado.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Evergreen	8.9	70
2	Boulder	8.7	591
3	Glenwood Springs	8.6	53
4	Littleton	8.5	384
5	Golden	8.5	143
6	Centennial	8.4	288
7	Grand Junction	8.4	196
8	Highlands Ranch	8.4	195
9	Durango	8.4	100
10	Aspen	8.3	86
11	Eagle	8.3	26
12	Lakewood	8.2	314
13	Parker	8.2	228
14	Wheat Ridge	8.2	113
15	Lafayette	8.2	112
16	Steamboat Springs	8.2	95
17	Frisco	8.2	42
18	Monument	8.2	40
19	Arvada	8.1	250
20	Broomfield	8.1	225
21	Greenwood Village	8.1	122
22	Windsor	8.1	88
23	Edwards	8.1	47
24	Sheridan	8.1	26
25	Colorado Springs	8.0	1092
26	Longmont	8.0	253
27	Loveland	8.0	194
28	Castle Rock	8.0	184
29	Estes Park	8.0	45
30	Superior	8.0	38
31	Woodland Park	8.0	33
32	Montrose	7.9	50
33	Salida	7.9	36
34	Buena Vista	7.9	26
35	Pagosa Springs	7.8	31
36	Granby	7.8	28
37	Rifle	7.8	25
38	Westminster	7.7	270
39	Englewood	7.7	190
40	Cañon City	7.7	46
41	Carbondale	7.7	40
42	Fort Collins	7.6	478
43	Pueblo	7.6	188
44	Greeley	7.6	173
45	Northglenn	7.6	60
46	Vail	7.6	51
47	Lamar	7.6	16
48	Aurora	7.5	579
49	Louisville	7.5	113
50	Erie	7.5	72
51	Telluride	7.5	34
52	Cortez	7.5	30
53	Breckenridge	7.4	53
54	Avon	7.4	50
55	Gunnison	7.4	40
56	Dillon	7.4	27
57	Brighton	7.2	72
58	Frederick	7.2	26
59	Leadville	7.2	22
60	Denver	7.1	2056
61	Thornton	7.1	162
62	Crested Butte	7.1	26
63	Alamosa	7.0	32
64	Eaton	7.0	17
65	Lone Tree	6.9	69
66	Gypsum	6.8	20
67	Palisade	6.8	11
68	Basalt	6.7	40
69	Fountain	6.7	25
70	Elizabeth	6.7	21
71	Snowmass Village	6.7	17
72	Trinidad	6.6	31
73	Idaho Springs	6.6	13
74	Berthoud	6.5	29
75	La Junta	6.5	18
76	Fraser	6.5	15
77	Fort Morgan	6.4	21
78	Commerce City	6.3	54
79	Ken Caryl	6.3	32
80	Fruita	6.3	23
81	Sterling	6.3	20
82	Cimarron Hills	6.3	12
83	Poncha Springs	6.3	7
84	Pueblo West	6.2	28
85	Winter Park	6.2	24
86	Manitou Springs	6.2	20
87	Delta	6.2	19
88	Edgewater	6.2	16
89	Fairplay	6.2	5
90	Silverthorne	6.1	23
91	Craig	6.1	22
92	Air Force Academy	6.1	19
93	Firestone	6.1	18
94	Aspen Park	6.1	12
95	Nederland	6.1	11
96	Hotchkiss	6.1	8
97	Keystone	6.0	14
98	Black Forest	6.0	13
99	Inverness	5.9	12
100	Florence	5.9	10

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.