The Las Vegas City Council, in a unanimous vote on Dec. 16, granted a special use permit that allows Elon Musk’s Boring Co. to extend its Vegas Loop transportation system into the city. The 4.6-mile counterclockwise circuit will run north under Las Vegas Boulevard to the downtown resort corridor and then south on Main Street.
Boring Co. President Steve Davis told the council the project would require “zero public dollars” as it is developed through the city’s tourist areas.
他说：“它将由我们的公司和各种业主资助。”但是他拒绝解决总体成本，认为这取决于项目的进展速度。
戴维斯也不能说何时开始建设工作，但这将是在获得许可和许可之后，理事会再次对该计划进行权衡。
“It’s going to take some time to get everyone on board,” he said. “I don’t want to give an exact date, but I hope it is soon.”
Broad Support
该项目的市中心得到了该市度假村社区的支持。
“We were very excited from the get-go,” Stephen Thayer, vice president and general manager of The Strat resort, told the council. “Very few times in someone’s lifetime you can get behind something that is transformational.”
The Vegas Loop project began with a $52-million tunnel system linking the Las Vegas Convention Center campus, where construction began in late 2019. The two 0.8-mile-long tunnels are nearly complete but will remain unused while the convention center is closed during the pandemic.
会议中心系统将采用以下14英尺宽的隧道中的自我启动的特斯拉，却在40英尺少于级的隧道中，目的是每小时4,400人移动。该系统的扩展已宣布为会议中心附近的Encore and Resorts世界酒店。
拉斯维加斯的爱
Councilwoman Olivia Diaz asked Davis that since Boring Co. is using its Las Vegas project as a showcase—one of its boring machines will soon go on display at the convention center—whether the company would be moving its headquarters from California to Nevada.
“With all of the publicity surrounding this project, maybe the company should give Las Vegas a little more love and move here,” she said.
戴维斯没有对邀请发表评论，但说公司的2,000名员工中有一半已经驻扎在拉斯维加斯。
最新的行动使该市在Boring Co.宣布的较大地下运输系统的计划中获得了认可，该计划将将麦卡兰国际机场与脱衣舞，Allegiant体育场和市区联系起来。
戴维斯说，一个完整的系统将使旅行者在七分钟内从机场到市区，这次旅行可能需要在该市臭名昭著的速度缓慢的交通中近一个小时。
The company has submitted applications with Clark County for a pair of loops along the Strip, one serving Caesars Entertainment properties and one that will reach downtown. Those proposals are scheduled to be presented publicly in February.
In early December, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board removed a barrier to the tunnel project when it voted to eliminate a noncompete agreement that protected the financially troubled Las Vegas Monorail. The convention authority, which calls the Boring Co.’s system “the future of transportation in Las Vegas,” purchased the monorail out of bankruptcy court in November.
