Boring Company starts digging Vegas tunnel in 2 months. Aiming to finish by end of year. https://t.co/cSSO4SrpFq
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 23, 2019
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Board of Directors approved a recommendation to select Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) to design, construct and operate a people mover for the Las Vegas Convention Center via a loop of underground express-route tunnels that could carry passengers in autonomous electric vehicles at high speeds.
Elon Musk has tweeted that the two-mile long tunnel and people mover can be operational by the end of the year.
Elon’s Boring Company (TBC) and the LVCVA have determined specific design, construction and operational plans and final approval has been reached by the LVCVA Board.
TBC’s existing proposal indicates the underground loop system offers reduced total costs, less disruption to pedestrian and vehicle traffic, and faster construction time than traditional ground or above-ground options. The loop will be designed to meet the full spectrum of ridership needs, including demands from future expansions, with a potential capacity of up to 11,000 passengers per hour.
The project eventually could connect Downtown, the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Las Vegas Boulevard Resort Corridor, McCarran International Airport and beyond.
Looking forward to building a Boring Company tunnel in Vegas. Assuming to be operational by end of year! https://t.co/cSSO4SJ140
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2019
With more than 11M square feet of meeting & exhibit space & approx. 150K hotel rooms, #Vegas has something for every style and budget. #VegasMeansBusiness pic.twitter.com/SxvpFhlKGl
— LVCVA (@LVCVA) May 22, 2019
SOURCES- LVCVA, Boring Company, TwitterThank you to @LVCVA @LVCVAImpact – hope we can do great things for Las Vegas together! https://t.co/lVCfBl8olP
— The Boring Company (@boringcompany) March 6, 2019
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The taxi lobby is doing a famous last stand against a dozen deadly opponents from uber to robocabs. Think the final scene of The 300
Only issue I see here is that the Boring company isn’t very far along in their TBM designs, I don’t think they even have a functioning TBM of their own running yet. seems hard to believe they’d be done by the end of the year if they were wanting to use line storm or whatever they’re calling it.
I wonder if Elon is looking at this tech for his next generation Boring machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmxxsf_AJ3w
The Taxi lobby is going to be all over this…
Time for another Vegas casino heist movie, although maybe not Ocean’s 15 or whatever they are up to by now.