Best cities for sports in Connecticut

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

137 scorable cities in Connecticut.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Greenwich	8.9	124
2	Norwalk	8.4	253
3	Wallingford Center	8.3	54
4	Saugatuck	8.1	29
5	Mystic	8.0	33
6	Milford	7.9	193
7	Newington	7.9	85
8	Ridgefield	7.9	79
9	Wethersfield	7.9	42
10	Watertown	7.8	37
11	Stamford	7.7	385
12	New Haven	7.7	195
13	West Hartford	7.7	166
14	Groton	7.7	61
15	New Milford	7.7	51
16	Newtown	7.7	41
17	Darien Downtown	7.7	23
18	New Canaan	7.5	53
19	Cos Cob	7.5	24
20	Bridgeport	7.4	114
21	West Haven	7.4	90
22	Naugatuck	7.4	42
23	Winsted	7.4	21
24	Manchester	7.3	109
25	Bristol	7.3	104
26	North Haven	7.3	74
27	Torrington	7.3	70
28	Norwich	7.2	72
29	Portland	7.2	34
30	Sandy Hook	7.2	23
31	Danbury	7.1	181
32	East Haven	7.1	55
33	Middletown	7.0	129
34	Shelton	7.0	113
35	Clinton	7.0	38
36	Old Saybrook Center	7.0	18
37	New London	6.9	67
38	Glastonbury Center	6.9	40
39	Colchester	6.9	34
40	Old Greenwich	6.9	27
41	Meriden	6.8	84
42	Litchfield	6.8	15
43	Mansfield Center	6.8	10
44	East Hartford	6.7	78
45	Waterford	6.7	41
46	Storrs	6.7	30
47	New Britain	6.6	82
48	Hartford	6.5	139
49	Orange	6.5	62
50	Branford Center	6.5	22
51	Brooklyn	6.5	17
52	Weston	6.5	16
53	Niantic	6.4	29
54	Kensington	6.4	27
55	Durham	6.4	18
56	Stepney	6.4	16
57	Georgetown	6.4	10
58	Simsbury Center	6.3	19
59	Stonington	6.3	18
60	Plantsville	6.3	16
61	Stafford Springs	6.3	14
62	Bethel	6.2	33
63	Willimantic	6.1	36
64	Pawcatuck	6.1	14
65	Somers	6.1	13
66	Jewett City	6.1	12
67	Higganum	6.0	10
68	Poquonock Bridge	6.0	5
69	Ansonia	5.9	24
70	Waterbury	5.8	94
71	East Hampton	5.8	22
72	Derby	5.8	18
73	Wilton Center	5.8	9
74	Putnam	5.7	49
75	Danielson	5.7	15
76	Thomaston	5.6	21
77	Suffield Depot	5.6	12
78	Lakeville	5.6	11
79	Madison Center	5.6	11
80	Noank	5.6	9
81	Moodus	5.6	7
82	Bantam	5.6	4
83	Greens Farms	5.5	11
84	West Simsbury	5.5	10
85	Essex Village	5.4	13
86	Baltic	5.3	11
87	Gales Ferry	5.3	9
88	Windsor Locks	5.2	23
89	Guilford Center	5.2	17
90	Canton Valley	5.2	12
91	Deep River Center	5.2	9
92	South Wilton	5.2	6
93	Staples	5.1	21
94	Canaan	5.1	12
95	Oakville	5.1	11
96	Cheshire Village	5.0	14
97	Stratford Downtown	5.0	6
98	Westport Village	4.8	14
99	Trumbull Center	4.8	11
100	Collinsville	4.8	8

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.