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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company last week filed a building permit application with the City of Las Vegas to go vertical on its “Vegas Loop” connector in Resorts World, at 3000 S Las Vegas Blvd.
The filing arrives nearly a month after Clark County Commissioners in early-February voted to approve construction on the project. The underground tunnel or “People Mover” would connect the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to the soon-to-open Resorts World.
Aptly named the “LVCC Connector” in official documents, the permit filing calls for the excavation and construction of a “shaft for the purpose of launching a tunnel boring machine.” The shaft would measure 70 feet by 40 feet and would be situated in the Resorts World driveway.
“Another step in the underground people mover project,” Clark County tweeted last month. “Commissioners approved a license and maintenance agreement for [The Boring Company] to use a part of the right-of-way on Las Vegas Blvd. to build a tunnel transit system between the Las Vegas Convention Ctr. and [Resorts World].”
Initial approvals for the project as part of the $4.3 billion Resorts World — which is scheduled to open in summer 2021 — first arrived in summer 2020. The new tunnel project will swiftly transport passengers between Resorts World and the LVCC via underground tunnels in all-electric Tesla vehicles in under just two minutes.
“We are thrilled to receive approval from the County Commission to move forward with our proposed passenger station and tunnel and are eager to take the next steps in creating an innovative transportation solution for our convention guests and visitors,” Scott Sibella, President of Resorts World Las Vegas, said at the time of the initial approvals.
The decision comes after land-use application and design plans were submitted for the tunnel and passenger station to the Board of County Commissioners in June 2020. Construction was originally anticipated to begin by the end of 2020. An updated timeline has not been shared with the public.
