Best cities for sports in Virginia

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

302 scorable cities in Virginia.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Sterling	8.4	175
2	Charlottesville	8.3	286
3	Winchester	8.3	136
4	Warrenton	8.3	78
5	Ashburn	8.2	246
6	Springfield	8.2	126
7	Front Royal	8.2	52
8	Fredericksburg	8.1	240
9	Manassas	8.1	183
10	Hampton	8.1	177
11	Leesburg	8.1	175
12	Fairfax	8.0	332
13	Chantilly	7.9	182
14	Midlothian	7.9	178
15	Salem	7.9	97
16	Lorton	7.9	66
17	Haymarket	7.9	43
18	Abingdon	7.9	32
19	Reston	7.8	205
20	Falls Church	7.8	180
21	Woodbridge	7.8	157
22	Gainesville	7.8	88
23	Richmond	7.7	795
24	Roanoke	7.7	286
25	Herndon	7.7	161
26	McLean	7.7	127
27	Vinton	7.7	28
28	Mason Neck	7.7	16
29	Virginia Beach	7.6	1057
30	Chesapeake	7.6	315
31	Newport News	7.6	258
32	Williamsburg	7.6	208
33	Blacksburg	7.6	123
34	Staunton	7.6	64
35	Culpeper	7.6	56
36	Purcellville	7.6	44
37	Short Pump	7.6	38
38	Powhatan	7.6	24
39	Harrisonburg	7.5	119
40	Farmville	7.5	36
41	Dulles Town Center	7.5	28
42	Arlington	7.4	651
43	Norfolk	7.4	340
44	Vienna	7.4	144
45	Christiansburg	7.4	57
46	Mechanicsville	7.3	131
47	Suffolk	7.3	112
48	Annandale	7.3	72
49	Tysons	7.3	48
50	Alexandria	7.2	638
51	Lynchburg	7.2	236
52	Burke	7.2	72
53	Dumfries	7.2	30
54	Rocky Mount	7.2	21
55	Orange	7.2	20
56	Forest	7.1	45
57	Colonial Heights	7.1	41
58	Bedford	7.1	22
59	Sandston	7.1	19
60	Danville	7.0	125
61	Lake Ridge	7.0	43
62	Bristol	7.0	42
63	Berryville	7.0	14
64	Glen Allen	6.9	91
65	Cape Charles	6.9	21
66	Smithfield	6.9	20
67	Luray	6.9	18
68	Brandermill	6.9	16
69	Ashland	6.8	57
70	Great Falls	6.8	38
71	Waynesboro	6.8	32
72	Radford	6.8	32
73	Crozet	6.8	18
74	Buena Vista	6.8	16
75	Big Stone Gap	6.8	15
76	Centreville	6.7	116
77	Bon Air	6.7	35
78	Fort Belvoir	6.7	32
79	Wytheville	6.7	31
80	Broadlands	6.7	23
81	Middleburg	6.7	21
82	Chincoteague	6.7	14
83	Madison Heights	6.6	17
84	Pulaski	6.6	16
85	King George	6.6	15
86	Cave Spring	6.5	32
87	Merrifield	6.5	27
88	Rustburg	6.5	12
89	Portsmouth	6.4	85
90	South Riding	6.4	35
91	Fairfax Station	6.4	17
92	Stuart	6.4	16
93	Martinsville	6.3	34
94	Falmouth	6.3	6
95	Deltaville	6.2	25
96	Stephens City	6.2	21
97	Fishersville	6.2	19
98	Westlake Corner	6.2	17
99	Newington	6.2	16
100	Broadway	6.2	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.