The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop (LVCC Loop) is an underground

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ation system that serves the

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. Operating since 2021, the system uses

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vehicles to shuttle passengers among five stations.

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began construction in November 2019, and has since continued intermittent tunnel drilling for planned stations.

History

The Boring Company won the $48.7 million contract in May 2019. and began drilling the first tunnel on November 15, 2019, digging at about per day. The first leg tunnel was completed on February 14, 2020. The second tunnel was finished that May. 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. In February 2024, following investigation, the Boring Company was issued eight violations and fined $112,000 by

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, which the company is contesting. Subsequently, the

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(LVCVA) has assumed an active safety monitoring role in the project. That April, the Boring Company was named among the "Dirty Dozen" workplace safety offenders by the National Council of Occupational Safety and Health.

System

The transportation system consists of twin tunnels in which Tesla cars are driven by employees to shuttle passengers to stops at the Las Vegas Convention Center complex and Las Vegas transportation connections. The loop cost $53 million when it opened in June 2021 and is below ground. Passengers reach the two below-ground stations with

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s and

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s. The loop is in length and covers a 25-minute walking distance. The plan is for the cars to be

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in the future.

Stations

Future stops

There are additional phases planned; the completed system will consist of of tunnels and 55 stops, including stops at

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, the

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future Las Vegas Stadium, Brightline West Las Vegas Station,

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, and

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. In April 2024, it was reported that the next tunnel began construction, to connect the convention center to a station located near the

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. Tunneling operations were completed in September 2024. In May 2024, a tunnel was drilled to

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Connections

Las Vegas Monorail - Las Vegas Convention Center Station

The Loop connects to the

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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, RTC 119 and

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Notes

References

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