'The marked squares are designed to help meet social distancing requirements,' said a spokesman with the city of Las Vegas.
painted on the asphalt of a soccer stadium parking lot – many of them without padding.
Soon after, city officials opened an emergency homeless shelter on the upper parking lot of the Cashman Center in Las Vegas, where boxes have been outlined on the asphalt in white paint to create space between the temporary residents. "We don’t have enough mats to accommodate everyone," Radke said. "We are trying to get more but have been unsuccessful so far."
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