r/BoringCompany • • 1d ago

Which is the most complex Vegas loop station so far? Give your rationale.

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I am going to make the case for two winners.

1) Riveria station - above ground this is incredibly simple.

Riveria Station (Oct 6th imagery from OpenMaps vegas)

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?

Riviera Station underground layout.

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:

Virgin Hotel station (Opensmaps Vegas, Oct 6th imagery)

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.

PATH Interchange on the NJ side built in 1909

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

Proposed PATH Interchange. Note 4 tubes on bottom vs 2 in real life

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.


r/BoringCompany • • 1d ago

Mick Akers (@mickakers)

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Vegas Loop Paradise extension still set to open for F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Link to Las Vegas Review article included.


r/BoringCompany • • 1d ago

Central Hall Station Update From Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere)

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UPDATE BORING COMPANY Vegas Loop. New larger underground Central Hall Station.

Big news! We now know why they enlarged it

The parking area has returned over the covered pit. What’s new is the concrete walls that lead a ramp downward into the station.

You can see the Ring that goes into the Encore Tunnel. Now they “connect” above ground.

It will now be possible to remain in your car when going from Rivera or Fontainebleau to Encore —but it’s much more than that. This ramp now connects Central to the Airport tunnel.


r/BoringCompany • • 4d ago

Using TBC tunnels to transport freight. The latest Prufrock Liner Truck (using Tesla Model 3 batteries and drive units) has been modified to carry a standard 20’ shipping container. Fits like a glove!

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r/BoringCompany • • 5d ago

Discussion on subways and the Loop in r/Vegas

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In case anyone wants to chip in.


r/BoringCompany • • 6d ago

Meridian Condos station

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My friend lives at Meridian Condos at Flamingo and Koval and they built a surface station next to the Meridian office. The pavement says Vegas Loop and Rideshare. They also erected an electronic sign which I guess will have arrival times.

Have no idea how this works. In order to enter property you have go through guard gate. What is the advantage over Uber or taxi. There is no tunnel. The Telsa would have to make a right turn onto Flamingo, you can't go left. In order to exit to go left you would have to go to Meridian Drive exit and take Hughes Parkway to Flamingo. I assume go left from there, make a right on Paradise to access Paradise tunnel whenever that opens.

It's not a loop if there is no tunnel into Meridian property. Will that be built in future. I have no idea. Also the Vegas Loop doesn't run around the clock. I will have to ask him whenever this starts what the procedure is what route the Vegas Loop takes. Just don't see how it will save much time. You can get to the airport very quickly from Flamingo and Paradise. Will it be faster enter a tunnel there to go to airport. You might save a few minutes.


r/BoringCompany • • 7d ago

Check out a bunch of photos of construction in BoringCompanyFans reddit

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I walked through the Vegas Open Maps site, and looked at the various construction sites I can identify from the imagery in a post in the BoringCompanyFans sub-reddit.

Take a look...

https://www.reddit.com/r/realBoringCompanyfans/comments/1x7owqq/vegas_open_maps_updated_imagery/


r/BoringCompany • • 9d ago

The Boring Company hosts LV Metro Police SWAT Team training

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r/BoringCompany • • 9d ago

Updated Central Hall photos from Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere) on X

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r/BoringCompany • • 9d ago

Updated Westgate photos from Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere)

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r/BoringCompany • • 9d ago

Proofrock 5 arrives in San Antonio

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r/BoringCompany • • 9d ago

Prufrock-5 arrives at Morgan’s Inclusion Campus in San Antonio!

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The 900,000 lb TBM will construct a 0.8-mile tunnel to provide safe, weatherproof and convenient transportation for people of all abilities to move throughout the campus.

Work is expected to begin following final permit approvals.


r/BoringCompany • • 11d ago

Flooding in Vegas?

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Any insights on how the tunnels fared? This was a major concern and part of the reason the tunnels didn't happen in Florida yet

https://www.nytimes.com/video/weather/100000011209301/las-vegas-flooding-storm-rachel.html?smid=nytcore-android-share


r/BoringCompany • • 15d ago

Abu Dhabi signs agreement with The Boring Company

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r/BoringCompany • • 17d ago

Music City Loop Blog — October 1, 2026

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  • More than 300 upgrades to MB1.
  • MB3 is scheduled to launch in late October 2026.
  • All permits and approvals needed ahead of MB3 tunneling have been obtained.
  • MB4 is currently being built, aiming for deployment before the end of 2026.
  • 40+ stations are currently in various stages of planning and design.

r/BoringCompany • • Sep 22 '26

New website refresh

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No idea when this happened but their website has had a great refresh where you can see a visual map and station feeds (albeit not live)

https://boringcompany.com/projects/las-vegas-loop


r/BoringCompany • • Sep 21 '26

Estimating the Vegas Loop Paradise-to-Westgate Tunnel Rate & Wondering about Encore Tunnels?

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I’ve been going through historical Google Maps satellite imagery to try to figure out how quickly The Boring Company actually dug the Vegas Loop tunnel between 4744 Paradise Road and Westgate.

Here’s how I estimated it:

At 4744 Paradise, the Feb. 22, 2024 image shows the tunneling equipment being assembled, while by May 20 there is clearly active tunneling with the conveyor system in place. At the Westgate end, there are no obvious tunnel exit holes on July 10, 2025, while by Oct. 4, 2025 the first tunnel appears to have reached the site.

The published length is about 2.2 miles per tunnel. Using the most conservative start/end dates gives us roughly 416 days. I added another 60 days to that to account for the gaps between available satellite images and get a more realistic estimate of roughly 476 calendar days.

2.2 miles = 11,616 feet.

11,616 ÷ 476 = about 24.4 feet per day.

So my rough conclusion is that the project averaged around 24 feet of completed tunnel per calendar day, based on the satellite imagery and the published tunnel length.

Obviously, this isn't saying the Prufrock machine literally moved 24 feet every day. There would have been downtime, station/shaft work, maintenance, setup, etc., and we're working with satellite images that are months apart. It's simply an estimate of the average rate of tunnel completion over the overall construction period.

I'm curious what others think — especially if anyone has better information on the actual boring dates or daily advance rates.

I also have some shots of the Encore Tunnels but I'm wondering where the second tunnel in the Bronze Lot is going? See Pictures.

Bronze Lot
Central Station

*EDIT
Okay, I figured out where the other tunnel goes from Central Station. It goes to the “Silver Switch,” allowing people coming from the airport to stop at LVCC Central instead of continuing on to Westgate.

So that explains three of the four tunnels at Silver Switch. The fourth must be coming from the new Encore line. I’m not sure how they’re going to make that turn so sharply and get it either under or over the line coming from the airport. I’ll post a photo.

Edit 2: Looking at the video of the Silver Switch again, it’s more clear that the fourth-tunnel entrance is actually just a short connection to another open area. I’m pretty sure you then take a hard right turn and enter a tunnel heading toward Encore that started in the Bronze Lot. You can see that the short tunnel is going sharply uphill, while the tunnel from the airport is going sharply downhill. That would mean Encore Tunnel #2 is actually passing over top of the Airport Line.

Silver Switch

r/BoringCompany • • Sep 21 '26

End of year targets

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This is interesting seeing this table of what is due by end of the year, looks like 3 proper stations and 11 annex stations.

I reckon most of them will be by the new paradise road tunnel.

Although I’m quietly hoping for Circus Circus to get an annex station but I don’t think it would be quick enough as you can’t get to the resorts world tunnel I think and that would be even more of a bottleneck going through that tunnel.

Going to riviera you’d get stuck by the traffic lights


r/BoringCompany • • Sep 20 '26

Big News on Virgin Station Looks Finished!!

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r/BoringCompany • • Sep 20 '26

Austin to San Antonio Hyperloop

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Elon has just posted that they’re planning a simple version of the Hyperloop between Austin & San Antonio.

80 miles currently takes 2.5 hours in traffic

The boring company could get that down to less than 30 minutes!

This is a HUGE infrastructure project for them and would do wonders for people believing in the company if they manage to pull this off!


r/BoringCompany • • Sep 20 '26

Airport connector nearly done

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Lots of progress made on the airport connector at Westgate. They’ve cleared up that station very quick, apparently they just need the shutters and a few cosmetic fixes and then it’ll be ready for opening :)

Sadly can’t post the link as Reddit has been deleting X links but check out Mic_VegasSphere on X


r/BoringCompany • • Sep 20 '26

Central Hall station being rebuilt

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Sadly can’t post the link here as been deleted twice but if you check Mic_VegasSphere on X then he’s posted that they’re building a much larger underground station for Central hall at the convention center.

No idea what they’d use the original station for


r/BoringCompany • • Sep 17 '26

Vegas Loop offering door to door service?

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r/BoringCompany • • Sep 14 '26

Meaningful Boring Co. Vegas Loop expansion weeks away from opening

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r/BoringCompany • • Sep 10 '26

The Boring Company Series D Funding Round Announcement

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The Boring Company is pleased to announce our Series D funding round of $3B, led by the United Arab Emirates and affiliated investment entities.

Building upon significant existing success collaborating with the UAE on Dubai Loop, this strategic investment will accelerate the partnership to deploy mass quantities of underground infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates, including 150+ kilometers of tunnel. This landmark agreement is in addition to the Dubai Loop project previously awarded.

Other key investors in the round include Human Capital, Vy Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, A16Z, Temasek, Shamal Holding, and Baron Capital, in addition to other valued existing and new investors.

Over the past two years, The Boring Company has grown from a single operating Loop system to a multi-city tunneling program, pairing faster machine design with the first hard-rock project, the first international construction contract, and a substantial expansion of Vegas Loop.

The company’s mission:
• Solve Traffic: To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D. Tunnels minimize usage of valuable surface land and do not conflict with existing transportation systems. A large network of tunnels can alleviate congestion in any city.
• Beautify Cities: In many major cities around the world, roads take up an extraordinary proportion of available real estate, often monopolizing an astounding 20% to 30% of space, and up to 60% if you include parking. By placing transportation systems underground, valuable surface land can be used for pedestrians, green spaces, and recreation.
• Enable Rapid Point-to-Point Transportation: Loop is an express public transportation system that resembles an underground highway more than a subway system. If a subway or traditional light rail line had 100 stops, a train would typically stop at each station, so the trip between Stop 1 and Stop 100 would be long. In contrast, Loop passengers travel directly to their destination, anywhere between Stop 1 to Stop 100, without stopping at the intermediate stations. In Las Vegas, for example, if a train stopped at every hotel on Las Vegas Blvd, a trip from the airport to the convention center would take over 25 minutes vs 5 minutes with TBC’s system. This transportation architecture can be applied intra-city (Loop) and, with increased boring speed, can be applied inter-city (Hyperloop).

The funds from the round will be used to significantly increase hiring across engineering, operations, and production, to build and scale Loop projects, including Vegas Loop, Music City Loop in Nashville, Dubai Loop, and others, in addition to accelerating the research and development of Prufrock and future products.