COVID Testing Center Opens on Las Vegas Blvd.

If you've ever been to Las Vegas, you know there are a lot of things - wonderful, weird, wacky and otherwise - that you can do when walking the famous Strip.

Now add another one, albeit you can file this one under the category of being beneficial to travelers and tourists.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has partnered with University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) to provide a COVID-19 testing center on the Strip.

The testing center is located at Las Vegas Boulevard and Elvis Presley Boulevard, near the Las Vegas Convention Center at the site of the old Riviera Hotel.

Test results are expected to be delivered within 16 to 24 hours. The center is being billed as a useful tool for international visitors who require testing prior to leaving the destination, and for tradeshow operators to offer onsite testing for attendees.

"We are pleased to partner with UMC to provide a centralized site that makes testing convenient and efficient for our international visitors as well as for our tradeshow operators, exhibitors and attendees," Brian Yost, chief operating officer of the LVCVA, said in a statement.

Testing is offered on an appointment and walk-in basis. Visitors can conveniently schedule appointments online.