Vegas Loop

The Boring Company won a $48.7 million contract in May 2019 from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA).^[4] and began drilling the first tunnel on November 15, 2019, digging at about 49 feet (15 m) per day. The 4,475 feet (1,364 m) first leg tunnel was completed on February 14, 2020.^[5][6] The second tunnel was finished that May,^[7] for a total of 1.7 miles (2.7 km) of tunnels.^[8] The tunnel opened in October 2021.^[9] Standard Tesla vehicles with human drivers are used as shuttles, traveling at about 35 miles per hour (56 km/h).^[10] The service was described by Las Vegas Tourism as "an important step in the development of a game-changing transportation solution in Las Vegas".^[11]

The Boring Company started testing the system with volunteers in May 2021. The test demonstrated the new transport system could move up to about 4,400 passengers per hour with an end-to-end time of about two minutes. The system started transporting convention attendees on June 8, 2021.^[12] In July 2021, the peak passenger flow was recorded at 1,355 passengers per hour.^[13][14][15] Designed to solve traffic congestion, the tunnel was intended to provide trips of less than two minutes,^[16] but has faced a number of traffic jams during busy events in 2021 and 2022.^{[9][17][18][19]}

In October 2021, Clark County Commissioners approved a 50-year franchise agreement for a 52-stop, mostly-underground system, a "16-mile (26 km) dual loop system...operating mainly in the Resort Corridor with stations at various resorts and connections to Allegiant Stadium, Brightline West Las Vegas Station, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas".^[20] TBC planned to build five to ten stations during the first year, and then add approximately 16 stations per year thereafter.^[20] TBC was responsible for funding the tunnel, while station costs would be funded by the resort properties and landowners.^[21]

The tunnel to Resorts World Las Vegas opened in July 2022.^[22][23]

In May 2023, TBC was given permission to build the Vegas Loop underground transportation system to 69 stations for a tunnel network of 65 miles (105 km).^[24][25][26] It would include the existing LVCC Loop and extensions to casinos along the Strip, Harry Reid International Airport, Allegiant Stadium, and downtown Las Vegas. TBC claims that once complete, the Vegas Loop would be able to transport more than 90,000 passengers per hour.^[27]

In February 2024, Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found several safety violations at TBC, and fined it $112,000.^[28] The violations included eight serious violations from June to October 2023 and allegations that workers have faced chemical burns from sludge while working in the tunnels.^[28] Numerous employee accounts described the working conditions as "almost unbearable".^[29] The company challenged the ruling.^[28] In March 2024, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors voted to extend the existing tunnel, and vowed to address concerns that arose over the OSHA violations.^[30][31] In April 2024, the Boring Company work in Las Vegas was named among the "Dirty Dozen", the worst workplace safety offenders in the US, by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.^[32]

It has been speculated that the Boring Company may be subsidizing the Loop to keep customer prices low. A day pass from Resorts World costs $5, while the LVCVA is paying the Boring Company an additional $4.5 million annually, which equates to $7.50 per ride.^[33]

Nevada's occupational safety agency fined the company $400,000 on May 28, 2025, after two firefighters endured chemical burns while in Loop tunnels during a training exercise. The fines were "summarily rescinded" the following day, at a meeting of Boring president Steve Davis with "high-ranking state officials".^[34]

On October 28, 2025, Boring was served a notice of violation and fined almost $500,000 for "dumping apparent drill fluid" into the sewer system of the Clark County Water Reclamation District, beginning April 21, 2025.^[35]

The transportation system consists of tunnels and surface roads which are used by Tesla cars, driven by employees, to shuttle passengers to stops at the Las Vegas Convention Center complex and Las Vegas transportation connections.^[36] The loop cost $53 million when it opened in June 2021 and is 40 feet (12 m) below ground. Passengers reach the two below-ground stations with escalators and elevators. The loop is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in length and covers a 25-minute walking distance. The plan is for the cars to be autonomous vehicles in the future.^[7]

The Loop connects to the Las Vegas Monorail at the Convention Center station at the corner of Paradise Road and East Desert Inn Road at an Island above East Desert Inn Road. Buses that are near the Loop and Las Vegas Convention Center are the: RTC 108,^[47] RTC 119^[48] and Las Vegas Deuce.^[49][50]

Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites. The company was fined more than $112,000 by Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in late 2023 after workers complained of “ankle-deep” water in the tunnels, muck spills and burns.^[51]

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• Tunnel construction
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