Chinese New Year parade set for Saturday in downtown Las Vegas

Dragon costumes sit before the beginning of the Chinese New Year parade on Fourth Street in Las Vegas, Feb. 9, 2014. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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A portion of downtown Las Vegas will be closed Saturday for five hours for a Chinese New Year parade, an event that is part of the two-day Las Vegas Spring Festival.

Fourth Street from Coolidge Avenue to Carson Avenue will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The parade is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

A small portion of Coolidge between Third and Fourth streets also will be closed as a staging area.

The parade route runs on Fourth from Hoover Avenue to Bridger Avenue. The block between Bridger and Carson will be used as a disbanding area.

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