Taking the Shanghai city recreation area as the research scope，this paper uses the ArcGIS 9.0 software to analyze the spatial distribution of sports leisure places. The results show that the sport leisure places have the characteristics of multicenter gradient distribution，and the trend of disharmony with population distribution. Then the paper uses the index of regional economy to measure the difference of spatial distribution. The results show that the distribution having a relatively balanced within Shanghai city，but existing differences between counties. The three equilibrium ratio shows that the economic equilibrium coefficient is the smallest. It is illustrated that the economic factors influenced the spatial distribution of Shanghai sports leisure place. The greater the proportion of sports leisure economy，space distribution is more balanced.