AREA15 to Host Donate & Skate Blood Drive on Sunday, Feb. 21

In partnership with Vegas Young Professionals, AREA15, the world’s first purpose-built experiential entertainment district offering live events, invites guests to support Vitalant by participating in their “Donate & Skate” blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21.

Vitalant’s blood mobile will be stationed at AREA15’s west parking lot.

With blood banks facing critical shortages due to the pandemic environment, every donation counts. All blood donors will receive one complimentary ticket to AREA15’s ElectroRoll, the pop-up retro roller skating rink. Additionally, all successful blood donations will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies.

WHEN:

Sunday, Feb. 21
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

WHERE:

AREA15
3215 S. Rancho Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89102
West parking lot is located off of Sirius Avenue.

TO REGISTER:

Donors can schedule an appointment at www.bloodhero.com with code VYP or by calling (877) 258-4825. All donors must wear a mask or face covering when donating.

ABOUT AREA15

AREA15, located minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, is the world’s first purpose-built experiential entertainment district offering live events, immersive activations, monumental art installations, extraordinary design elements, unique retail, ground-breaking technology, bars and eateries and much more. With a growing collection of dynamic destinations including Dueling Axes, Emporium Arcade Bar, Lost Spirits Distillery, Oddwood Bar, “Wink World: Portals Into The Infinite,” Museum Fiasco, Rocket Fizz, Five Iron Golf, The Beast by Todd English, OZ Experience and anchor experience, Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart, AREA15 is an ever-changing art, retail and entertainment attracting locals and tourists of all ages.

AREA15 represents a collaborative venture between real estate development firm Fisher Brothers and creative agency Beneville Studios, both of New York. For more information about AREA15, visit www.AREA15.com.

ABOUT VITALANT

Vitalant (“Vye-TAL-ent”), formerly United Blood Services, is the largest blood supplier in the state of Nevada. Vitalant is also the nation’s largest independent nonprofit blood service provider, supplying comprehensive transfusion medicine services for nearly 1,000 hospitals and health care partners for patients in need across 40 states. Vitalant inspires local communities to serve the needs of others and transform lives through the selfless act of donating blood. Every day, almost 5,000 blood donations are needed to meet the needs of people throughout the country, and Vitalant’s 800,000 donors supply 1.8 million donations a year. In addition to blood products, Vitalant offers customers transfusion services, medical consulting, quality guidance, ongoing education, research and more. For more information and to schedule a donation, visit vitalant.org or call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825). Join the conversation about impacting the lives of others on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE

AREA15 and all its experiences follow the latest recommendations of leading health experts and government authorities, including the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And true to the insatiable hunger for all things inventive and groundbreaking, AREA15 uses cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology to help implement these recommendations, including an AI-driven thermal scanning platform that screens temperature accurately and non-invasively, detects the absence of a mask, and alerts staff when social distancing thresholds are not being met.