Best cities for sports in Louisiana

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

158 scorable cities in Louisiana.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Mandeville	8.4	111
2	Slidell	8.2	119
3	West Monroe	8.0	66
4	Natchitoches	7.9	45
5	Kenner	7.5	102
6	Hammond	7.4	65
7	Bossier City	7.3	142
8	Covington	7.3	106
9	Denham Springs	7.3	70
10	Thibodaux	7.3	54
11	Houma	7.2	97
12	Lafayette	7.1	287
13	Lake Charles	7.0	167
14	Gonzales	7.0	64
15	Leesville	7.0	29
16	Gretna	6.9	48
17	Farmerville	6.9	13
18	Youngsville	6.8	34
19	New Iberia	6.7	58
20	Baton Rouge	6.6	560
21	Shreveport	6.6	355
22	Monroe	6.6	104
23	Sulphur	6.6	46
24	Walker	6.6	18
25	DeRidder	6.5	26
26	Franklinton	6.5	13
27	Madisonville	6.5	10
28	Alexandria	6.4	79
29	Ruston	6.4	63
30	Harahan	6.4	32
31	Pineville	6.3	56
32	Broussard	6.3	44
33	Elmwood	6.3	37
34	Mansura	6.3	7
35	Zachary	6.2	45
36	Belle Chasse	6.2	31
37	Rayville	6.2	12
38	Minden	6.1	30
39	Abbeville	6.1	27
40	Carencro	6.1	24
41	Opelousas	6.1	20
42	Plaquemine	6.1	18
43	Larose	6.1	12
44	New Orleans	6.0	763
45	Metairie	6.0	306
46	Ponchatoula	6.0	19
47	Folsom	6.0	10
48	Dulac	6.0	5
49	Morgan City	5.9	26
50	Winnsboro	5.9	16
51	Springhill	5.9	9
52	Marksville	5.8	13
53	Stonewall	5.8	12
54	Abita Springs	5.8	12
55	Oak Grove	5.8	7
56	Benton	5.7	12
57	Hackberry	5.7	4
58	Central	5.6	26
59	Breaux Bridge	5.6	20
60	Maurice	5.6	8
61	Destrehan	5.5	26
62	Bayou Cane	5.5	19
63	Many	5.5	13
64	River Ridge	5.5	10
65	Prairieville	5.4	48
66	Harvey	5.4	36
67	Chalmette	5.4	35
68	New Roads	5.4	10
69	Baker	5.4	8
70	Port Allen	5.3	17
71	Jennings	5.3	17
72	Brusly	5.3	10
73	Marrero	5.2	46
74	Westlake	5.2	18
75	Moss Bluff	5.2	14
76	Amite City	5.2	6
77	Luling	5.1	15
78	Arabi	5.1	7
79	Crowley	5.0	20
80	DeQuincy	4.9	10
81	Bunkie	4.9	6
82	Greenwood	4.9	6
83	Killian	4.9	3
84	Ville Platte	4.8	11
85	Grand Isle	4.8	7
86	Sterlington	4.8	6
87	Chauvin	4.8	4
88	Livingston	4.8	4
89	Laplace	4.7	24
90	Haughton	4.7	12
91	Terrytown	4.7	12
92	Galliano	4.7	9
93	Vivian	4.7	7
94	Clinton	4.7	5
95	Bogalusa	4.6	11
96	St. Francisville	4.6	7
97	Erath	4.6	6
98	Eden Isle	4.6	5
99	Bayou Vista	4.6	5
100	Winnfield	4.5	11

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.