Best cities for sports in Utah

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

119 scorable cities in Utah.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Sandy	8.2	222
2	Park City	8.0	140
3	Heber	7.9	53
4	Draper	7.8	145
5	Murray	7.8	81
6	Hurricane	7.8	57
7	Price	7.8	24
8	Bountiful	7.7	72
9	Moab	7.7	54
10	Ogden	7.6	185
11	Lehi	7.6	131
12	Kaysville	7.6	65
13	Orem	7.5	167
14	Cottonwood Heights	7.5	41
15	St. George	7.4	193
16	Logan	7.4	110
17	Springville	7.4	63
18	South Salt Lake	7.4	50
19	Riverton	7.3	83
20	American Fork	7.3	61
21	North Salt Lake	7.3	36
22	Salt Lake City	7.2	628
23	West Jordan	7.2	117
24	Farmington	7.2	68
25	Spanish Fork	7.1	65
26	Woods Cross	7.1	30
27	Midvale	7.0	70
28	Tooele	7.0	55
29	Vernal	7.0	37
30	Brigham City	7.0	35
31	Provo	6.9	142
32	Cedar City	6.9	79
33	West Valley City	6.9	59
34	Taylorsville	6.8	49
35	Roy	6.8	43
36	Kamas	6.8	22
37	Delta	6.8	16
38	South Jordan	6.7	132
39	Layton	6.7	112
40	Lindon	6.7	32
41	Pleasant Grove	6.6	57
42	Holladay	6.6	55
43	West Bountiful	6.6	14
44	Saratoga Springs	6.5	59
45	Payson	6.5	26
46	Kanab	6.5	20
47	Roosevelt	6.5	18
48	Alpine	6.5	17
49	Garden City	6.5	8
50	Clearfield	6.3	46
51	Syracuse	6.3	31
52	Kearns	6.3	17
53	Farr West	6.3	13
54	Washington	6.2	37
55	Eagle Mountain	6.2	35
56	Santa Clara	6.2	15
57	North Ogden	6.1	23
58	Richfield	6.1	22
59	Nephi	6.1	13
60	Millcreek	6.0	65
61	Bluffdale	6.0	37
62	North Logan	5.9	17
63	Clinton	5.9	15
64	Ephraim	5.9	14
65	Green River	5.9	6
66	Ivins	5.8	21
67	Marriott-Slaterville	5.8	7
68	Herriman	5.7	42
69	Centerville	5.7	27
70	Smithfield	5.7	18
71	Oakley	5.7	6
72	Castle Dale	5.6	8
73	Magna	5.4	14
74	Mapleton	5.4	8
75	Duchesne	5.4	5
76	Snyderville	5.3	28
77	Highland	5.3	26
78	Tremonton	5.3	14
79	Pleasant View	5.3	8
80	Fillmore	5.1	7
81	West Haven	5.0	24
82	Morgan	5.0	14
83	Salem	4.9	17
84	Santaquin	4.9	10
85	Hyrum	4.9	9
86	Beaver	4.9	8
87	Mount Pleasant	4.9	7
88	Blanding	4.9	7
89	Uintah	4.9	6
90	Coalville	4.8	9
91	Summit Park	4.7	9
92	Eden	4.7	8
93	Midway	4.6	16
94	Salina	4.5	7
95	Wolf Creek	4.5	5
96	Parowan	4.5	5
97	Huntington	4.5	3
98	Silver Summit	4.4	7
99	Stansbury Park	4.4	7
100	South Ogden	4.3	15

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.