Cashman Center to replace Texas Station as testing site

The drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Texas Station is relocating indoors next week to Cashman Center, ending a roughly monthlong operation at the hotel-casino’s parking garage in favor of a site to escape triple-digit temperatures, Clark County said Monday.

“The new location at Cashman Center gives us the opportunity to move indoors out of the heat and into a more comfortable, customer-friendly setting,” county Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick said in a statement.

To be set up in Exhibit Hall A on the north side of the Cashman Center facility, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, the new testing site is expected to officially open Aug. 4. As officials prepare to launch the new location, Texas Station will not be reopened this week.

When the Cashman Center testing facility does open next week, its hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Until it is ready, officials say that the public can find available testing through the Southern Nevada Health District at www.snhd.info/covid and by using the state’s test locator tool at www.healthresponse.nv.gov.

Symptomatic, exposed patients prioritized

The Cashman Center testing site, within Las Vegas city limits just north of downtown, will be operated by the county and other community partners, which have conducted more than 121,000 tests throughout Southern Nevada since May 5.

Setting appointments to be tested, which is encouraged, will soon be available through University Medical Center’s website at www. umcsn.com or by calling UMC at 702-383-2619.

Contact Shea Johnson at sjohnson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0272. Follow @SHEA_LVRJ on Twitter.