Abstract: The reflective research on the evaluation of sports cities is a response to the construction of evaluation indicators caused by the building of sports cities. Based on the three perspectives of global vision, continental scope and national level, and the four dimensions of evaluation subject, calculation method, guiding concept and implementation procedure, this paper analyzes and evaluates the evaluation index system of different versions of sports cities at home and abroad. It is pointed out that the current research on sports cities should jump out of the misunderstanding of index system construction and excessive interpretation either in terms of evaluation or construction, and turn to the formation and development of sports cities; in returning to the ultimate value of sports city construction, cultural identity is the essence of sports city; build an ideal sports city in terms of characteristics, it is necessary to strengthen the reproduction capacity of urban sports cultural capital, so as to cultivate the endogenous mechanism and internal power of sports cities.

Key words: sports city, index system, evaluation standard, sports influence, characteristic type, sport culture