All the private interests in the railroad to Vegas venture should seek instead to take over Ontario International airport and expand air service between there and Las Vegas.
Ontario International is near enough to most of southern California (& only 1 hr from central L.A.). Flight time to Las Vegas is about one hour. Total travel time would be less than the drive up the crowded I-15 to victorville and then a “high speed” train that will not likely go even 100MPH which by itself will take another two hours.
Rail is old style technology with fixed path and essentially fixed destination infrastructure. Planes have multiple and variable route options.
The problem with air travel today is not enough airports and not enough exansion at smaller airports. If “Las Vegas” investment helped expand the use of Ontario, Ontario would expand beyond that and continue to further relieve uber busy LAX.
The expansion of Ontario Airport has been another project they have been talking about since at least 1981.
Nothing happens because the corrupt Dims keep taking our money for their own pockets & partying.
Instead we get broken roads & broken pipes and “brilliant” ideas like the Road Diet.