Las Vegas is betting that The Boring Company can have a new automated people mover system for the city’s Convention Center complex ready by the end of 2020, awarding a $48.7 million contract for a nearly one-mile express-loop tunnel system.
Scheduled to begin construction in September, the project calls for twin tunnels connecting three underground stations to be located around the 200-acre Convention Center complex, which is currently undergoing a $935 million expansion program that will add 1.4 million square feet of space. According to The Boring Company, the system will use modified autonomous Tesla electric vehicles that carry up to 16 passengers each, providing a full operational system capacity of 4,400 passengers per hour. A complete trip on the loop would take approximately one minute, according to the company.