Las Vegas Loop tunnel reaches Virgin Hotel near UNLV, company announces

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Las Vegas Loop has reached Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, according to an article published Friday afternoon by the Boring Company, founded by Elon Musk.

This progress is the latest update on underground construction to expand transportation from the Las Vegas Convention Center, which was the original scope of the Las Vegas Loop project. Since then, the Loop has established service under the Strip to Resorts World and completed tunnels to Westgate Las Vegas and Wynn Las Vegas. Resorts World is the only place where a passenger station has opened so far.

A video showing the tunneling machine emerging from the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas takes the tunnel to its furthest distance from the convention center, just over 1½ miles south on Paradise Road. The hotel is located on Paradise Road and Harmon Avenue. The route followed by the tunnel has not been disclosed.

The initial post read: “Prufrock subtly emerging under @VirginHotelsLV Thanks for being a great partner – excited to open your Vegas Loop resort!” » Prufrock is the name of one of the company's boring machines.

Musk reposted it, commenting: “The Boring Company connects another hotel to Vegas! Within a few years, you will be able to get to all the city's main destinations very quickly thanks to electric cars in the tunnels. No need to imagine, you can try it today between Resorts World and the Convention Center!”

The Las Vegas Loop will eventually span both sides of the Strip and extend north to downtown Las Vegas. To the south, it will extend to the UNLV campus. Virgin's location is already close to the proposed site for a station at UNLV. The loop will also extend west of the Strip, passing under Interstate 15 to reach Allegiant Stadium, as well as the Las Vegas Medical District around UMC and Valley hospitals.