TheLas Vegas Convention Center Loop (LVCC Loop) is a car tunnel system that serves theLas Vegas Convention Center. Operating since 2021, the system usesTesla Model Y vehicles to shuttle passengers among eight stations.The Boring Company began construction in November 2019,[2] and has since continued intermittent tunnel drilling for planned stations.[3]
The Boring Company won the $48.7 million contract in May 2019.[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]
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. In July 2021, the peak passenger flow was recorded at 1,355 passengers per hour.[8][9][10]
In February 2024,[11] following investigation, the Boring Company was issued eight violations and fined $112,000 byOSHA, which the company is contesting.[12] Subsequently, theLas Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has assumed an active safety monitoring role in the project.[13] That April, the Boring Company was named among the "Dirty Dozen" workplace safety offenders by the National Council of Occupational Safety and Health.[12]
The transportation system consists of tunnels and surface roads which are used byTesla cars, driven by employees, to shuttle passengers to stops at the Las Vegas Convention Center complex and Las Vegas transportation connections.[14] 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 withescalators andelevators. 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 beautonomous vehicles in the future.[7]
In April 2024, it was reported that the next tunnel began construction, to connect the convention center to a station located near theThomas & Mack Center.[22] Tunneling operations were completed in September 2024.[23]
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