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Las Vegas Convention Center Loop

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Las Vegas Convention Center Loop
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Overview
Other names
  • LVCC Loop
  • Vegas Loop
StatusOperating hours coincide with events at Convention Center[1]
No. of stations8
Operation
OpenedJune 1, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-06-01)
Owner
TrafficPassenger shuttle only
CharacterUnderground car shuttle private roadway
Technical
Length2.2 miles (3.5 km)
No. of lanes1
Operating speed35 mph (56 km/h)
Route map
Las Vegas Monorail Westgate
Westgate
Resorts World
LVCC Riviera
LVCC West
Las Vegas Monorail Convention Center
LVCC Central
LVCC South
Encore

The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop (LVCC Loop) is a car tunnel system that serves the Las Vegas Convention Center. Operating since 2021, the system uses Tesla 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]

History

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File:The new TBM at The Boring Company (48108809063).jpg
The Boring Company machine in 2019

The Boring Company won a $48.7 million contract in May 2019 from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA).[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 by OSHA, which the company is contesting.[12] Subsequently, the LVCVA 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]

Nevada's occupational safety agency fined the company $400,000 on May 28, 2025, after two firefighters endured chemical burns while in Loop tunnels during a training exercise. The fines were "summarily rescinded" the following day, at a meeting of Boring president Steve Davis with "high-ranking state officials".[14]

On October 28, 2025, Boring was served a notice of violation and fined almost $500,000 for "dumping apparent drill fluid" into the sewer system of the Clark County Water Reclamation District, beginning April 21, 2025.[15]

System

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The transportation system consists of tunnels and surface roads which are used by Tesla cars, driven by employees, to shuttle passengers to stops at the Las Vegas Convention Center complex and Las Vegas transportation connections.[16] 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 with escalators and elevators. 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 be autonomous vehicles in the future.[7]

Stations

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LVCC Central (Underground) June 1, 2021 Below Grade Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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LVCC South June 1, 2021 At Grade Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Encore April 8, 2025[19] At Grade Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.

Future stops

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There are additional phases planned; the completed system will consist of 68 miles (109 km) of tunnels and 55 stops, including stops at Harry Reid International Airport, Allegiant Stadium, the Oakland A's future Las Vegas Stadium, Brightline West Las Vegas Station, UNLV, and downtown Las Vegas.[20][21][22][23]

In April 2024, it was reported that the next tunnel began construction, to connect the convention center to a station located near the Thomas & Mack Center.[24] Tunneling operations were completed in September 2024.[25]

In May 2024, a tunnel was drilled to Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.[3]

Connections

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File:Las Vegas Monorail - Las Vegas Convention Center Station.jpg
Las Vegas Monorail station above East Desert Inn Road, a loop connection

The Loop connects to the Las Vegas Monorail at the Convention Center station at the corner of Paradise Road and East Desert Inn Road at an Island above East Desert Inn Road. Buses that are near the Loop and Las Vegas Convention Center are the: RTC 108,[26] RTC 119[27] and Las Vegas Deuce.[28][29]

Controversies

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Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites. The company was fined more than $112,000 by Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in late 2023 after workers complained of “ankle-deep” water in the tunnels, muck spills and burns.[30]

See also

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References

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