Colorado’s latest mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened Monday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, vaccinating about 500 people on its first day.

This is one of six state-operated mass vaccination clinics expected to open in the coming weeks.

Gov. Jared Polis said the drive-thru clinic will distribute 2,000 vaccines Tuesday and up to 6,000 per day in the next two weeks.

“We are so excited to make it simpler, easier,” Polis said. “It makes it incredibly easy to get a vaccine. The whole thing takes 20 to 30 minutes.”

The Commerce City clinic will be open Sundays through Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Appointments are required and available at centura.org/vaccine.

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The first of the mass clinics opened last week at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs and Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo.

More clinics are set to open Wednesday at the Ranch in Loveland and on April 1 at Ball Arena in Denver.

All six clinics are expected to operate through June to provide first and second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

“It’s important that we all get vaccinated,” said Centura Health CEO Peter Banko, who is partnering on three of the mass vaccine clinics. “We each play an important part in this process.”

Colorado is offering vaccines to everyone in phases 1A through 1B.4 of the state distribution plan.

Phase 1B.4 opened Friday, including those age 50 and over, people with high-risk conditions and front-line essential workers in food service, transportation, manufacturing, journalism, education and state and local government.

As of Friday, 155,869 Denver residents have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 94,250 are fully vaccinated.

“There’s nothing like seeing the joy on people’s faces as they vaccinated and protected,” Polis said. “You can help end this pandemic and protect yourself and your family.”