Posted on 06/17/2022 3:14:00 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
The Boring Company's underground transportation system will be more expansive than what it originally planned. The Elon Musk-founded company has just received approval from the city to bring its underground transportation system called the Vegas Loop to city limits. When Clark County Commissioners first approved the Vegas Loop, it was supposed to be a 29-mile tunnel network connecting 51 stations. Now, the network will span 34 miles and have a total of 55 stations, including ones that will serve the Harry Reid International Airport and the Allegiant Stadium.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Boring Co. President Steve Davis said tunneling in downtown Las Vegas could begin in 2023: "This is step two and there are eight steps for us to be opening. There's a long way to go and a lot of work to do. But if I were to guess on the spot I would guess we'd have machines in (the ground) next calendar year." According to the publication, the downtown stations include the Strat, Fremont Street Experience, the Slotzilla attraction, the Garage Mahal at the Circa Resort and the Plaza Hotel. Boring could add other stations in the future, as well, with each one costing anything in between $1.5 to $20 million to build.
Davis also said a ride from Fremont Street Experience downtown to Reid International would cost about $12 and take around eight or nine minutes. Before Boring's monorail system could shuttle people to and from downtown Las Vegas, though, it has to secure a bunch of permits and design approvals first. As The Verge notes, only 1.7 miles of the Vegas Loop are operational at the moment underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). That said, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill said he expects more portions serving parts of the Resort Corridor to be operational sometime in 2023.
They have already thought all that out. If they tunnel underneath the English Channel, they can do this.
Yes, but they do it with style and panache!😃
CC
Dulce is in New Mexico. ;-D
Concrete. Lots and lots of concrete.
Vegas already has a network of pedestrian tunnels that are great for avoiding the direct heat of the desert sun, and the vehicle traffic on the Strip, if you’re not interested in sightseeing. They also have a lot of small retail shops in the tunnels to accommodate the foot traffic.
Sightseeing in Vegas is better at night, when the Strip is lit up, and it’s (slightly) cooler.
The entire southwest is crisscrossed with secret tunnels. I heard it on “coast to coast”.
Everything Elon does is to get to Mars.
The “Boring Company” is learning how to build habitation inside the cliffs of Mars.
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