The Las Vegas Convention Authority wants The Boring Company to build the 2-mile loop
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Artist perception of autonomous electric vehicles (AEV) running between halls.
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Potential Las Vegas Convention Center Loop Station Locations – Final configuration to be determined by the LVCVA Board.
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Artist perception of the entrance to the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop outside the new conference hall.
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Map of potential future expansion.
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On Wednesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that it would recommend The Boring Company to build a two-mile loop under the city's massive, growing conference center.
LVCVA's recommendation must be approved by the government's board on March 12 to proceed.
Boring Company is Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk's third company, started with the intention of making larger tunnel projects cheaper and easier to complete. Musk offered tours in a rough starting tunnel in December 2018 in Hawthorne, California, under the SpaceX headquarters.
The Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) is currently expanding, and LVCVA says "conventionists going to the facility log in about two miles from end to end, hence the need for a guest property on the property." to be completed by 2021.
Boring Company President Steve Davis said in a statement that the Convention Center Loop could be in operation within one year of approving the company's plans. 19659010] According to LVCVA, companies were asked to respond to an application for proposal in 2018. Boring Company was in charge of its short timeline and low cost, with an expected total cost of $ 35 million to $ 55 million to get the short loop fulfill .
In a press release published today, LVCVA said The Boring Company had also sent a map of potential stops on an extended loop that would extend from the convention center down The Strip to other locations in Las Vegas. At present, an underground monorail transports visitors from the city center to the convention center. Monorail is owned and operated by Las Vegas Monorail, a private company. Ars has contacted Las Vegas Monorail for comment and we update this post if we receive a reply.
Currently, The Boring Company has several potential projects in print, but progress has been slow. Last year, the company promised a single-lane tunnel from an LA Metro station to the Dodgers Stadium, called The Dugout Loop. In addition, a high-speed tunnel between the Hare International Airport in Chicago and the city center has been promised, but The Boring Company recently faced criticism from skeptical politicians and city residents.
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