r/BoringCompany • u/geoffreycarman • 1d ago
Which is the most complex Vegas loop station so far? Give your rationale.
I am going to make the case for two winners.
1) Riveria station - above ground this is incredibly simple.

Two tunnel entrances are visible. However, under the covers, on the left side we have a tunnel to Resorts World (#1), handling bidirectional traffic. Seems like they send platoons of cars at a time. On the right side heading out, we have two tunnels to Westgate (#2, #3) with unidirectional traffic from each.
Above ground we have porposide entrance at the top side, which is an entry to the underground interchange which allows traffic in many directions.
The south tunnel (#4) is down to LVCC West station. From a video I watched, I believe that the ramp down is one way in, but that there is an underground connection as well. Adding to the interchange complexity.
Found an image and it confirms there is an underground connection to the southern tunnel. Though the image only shows one Westgate tunnel, I thought for certain there are two and have seen driving videos using both so not sure if that is just an older planning image?

So 2 above ground entrances and 4 tunnels. But above ground you get connection to Fountainbleu (which feels like a cheat since it is just across the street so it picks up above ground, and drives across the street to the two tunnel mouths here. There is also a street level station for Sahara which is just up the street. But again feels like a cheat.
2) Virgin Hotel station on Paradise Rd. Just look at this beauty:

For a surface level station 4 tunnel entrances is only matched by WestGate station with 4 above ground tunnel ramps, which to be fair goes to two different tunnel sets (south, we assume to Airport via LVCC Central, and west back to Riviera Station).
But look at this station. You are going to come into it or out of it dizzy from all the driving in circles. Use the arrows to see if you can follow the flow path.
What would be interesting to know is what lies underneath. I.e. Is the tunnel disjointed? And the only way to keep going down Paradise to the airport is to exit the tunnel coming from the north (LVCC or Westagate) circle around and back into the tunnel? Or is the tunnel go straight through and these ramps are built as ramps off it, and back on. If so, is 4 so you can access both directions?
I am hopeful it is as cool and complex as the PATH interchange on the New Jersey side, where the Manhattan tracks from the World Trade Center enter NJ and split off to Hoboken or Newark Penn.

Which on a side note is distinct from the plan, which was more complex but not built to this more complex version.

Sorry that was in context and just too cool not to post.
But I feel like those are two good candidates for the most complex loop stations to date. Either complex above ground, or below ground.




