Friday is the last day drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be available at the Orleans Hotel & Casino. The drive-thru operation will move to UNLV’s Tropicana Avenue parking garage located next to the Thomas & Mack Center, and will re-open to the public at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27.
The Orleans site was the first testing site in the area to offer by-appointment testing to people with and without symptoms. It opened May 5 and now offers 1200 tests per day. More than 10,000 people have been tested at the site.
There are no out-of-pocket costs to patients. The site is open to anyone, whether exhibiting symptoms of the virus or not. Hours of operation will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. six days a week, Monday-Saturday. Patients will be directed to enter the Thomas & Mack parking lot from the west off University Center Drive. Appointments can be scheduled by visiting the COVID-19 Testing Center on the home page of UMC’s website at
www.umcsn.com or by calling CPL at (702) 795-4932, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The UNLV site will offer two new features to the public:
- A walk-up testing area will be established to accommodate pedestrians and those who arrive by bicycle or motorcycle for a test. Drive-thru testing is only available to patients in enclosed vehicles.
- Children of all ages can be tested at the UNLV Tropicana site with parental consent.
