The Vegas Loop – Current Stations, Cost, & How To Ride

Key Points:

• The Vegas Loop is a growing network of underground tunnels, with plans to connect 90+ points of interest.

• 12 stations connect the LVCC campus, Westgate, Encore, Fontainebleau, Resorts World, and the airport.

• Rides across the LVCC campus are free, and other system rides range from $4.75 to $14 per person.

Currently, there isn’t a mass transit option aside from bus service connecting major destinations such as the airport, the Strip, Fremont Street, Allegiant Stadium, and the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).

In a city with 40+ million annual visitors, the fact that cabs and rideshare services are the only options to get somewhere quickly (depending on traffic) is a bit absurd.

The Solution: The Boring Company’s Loop transportation system, currently being constructed piece by piece beneath Las Vegas.

Vegas Loop Cost

Convention Center-to-Convention Center rides are free for conventioneers.

Rides outside the convention center are priced per person, not per ride, unlike similar services.

Tickets cost anywhere from $4.75 to $14 per person, depending on the origin and destination.

Airport rides are $14, which is significantly cheaper than taxi flat rates or rideshare options, as long as you’re traveling alone. The value proposition deteriorates as your party size grows.

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Current Vegas Loop Stations

Vegas Loop Stops that are currently operating include:

• LVCC West
• LVCC Riviera (Outside the West Hall)
• LVCC Central
• LVCC East
• LVCC Central Plaza
• Resorts World
• Westgate
• Encore
• Fontainebleau
• Sahara

Open, with a caveat:

• Harry Reid International Airport (T1 & T3)
  • Destinations offered from the airport are limited to Fontainebleau, Resorts World, Sahara, Westgate, and the LVCC.
  • Rides to the airport are available from all system stations.

Vegas Loop Stops that are currently under construction include:

• STRAT (coming soon – in permitting)
• Virgin Las Vegas (tunneling now)
• Howard Hughes Center
• UNLV (tunneling now)
• Airport Connection (Tunnel coming early 2026)

How To Ride

If riding within the Convention Center complex, just head to a Loop station, and you’re on your way. You don’t need to buy a ticket; however, you should be prepared to show your convention badge.

If you’re not riding within the convention center complex, you’ll need to buy a ticket online and head to your station.

Future Expansion Plans

Harry Reid Intl. Airport

Excitedly, the Vegas Loop has started and is actively expanding service to and from the airport.

For now, some airport rides will take place on surface streets. Boring expects to finish its Airport Connector tunnels soon, moving the entire ride underground.

Other Points of Interest

Although the system currently has a small footprint around the Convention Center, plans include expanding to 90+ stations across Las Vegas.

Excitedly, The Boring Company has already secured some key approvals for expansion.

The City of Las Vegas unanimously approved the network’s expansion to downtown, with 5 stops planned at STRAT, Circa, Plaza, Slotzilla, and another along the Fremont Street Experience.

Clark County, which has jurisdiction over the Strip, also approved the expansion beyond its current footprint.

The map below shows currently constructed tunnels in yellow, and proposed routes in blue.

While plans for the Vegas Loop system are grandiose, progress has been slow. Hopefully the operational tempo of expansion picks up.

How would a city-wide underground Loop system work?

Take a look at the map above. The blue lines running from the airport, up the Strip, and downtown would act as an “artery.”

Think of arteries as a freeway where vehicles could move at high speeds and then exit the artery onto “spurs” to reach a minimally invasive station at the desired property or attraction.

After dropping off, the tram would then merge back into the artery and continue to its next destination.

Unlike a bus, train, or subway, the Loop vehicle won’t need to stop at every single station; rather, only the ones relevant to the passengers on board.

The Vegas Loop is more comparable to an underground interstate system than a subway.

Vision Behind The Boring Company’s Loop System

Elon Musk founded The Boring Company specifically to solve the problem of “soul-destroying traffic” through tunneling.

Historically, tunneling has been prohibitively expensive, according to Boring, often running up to $1 billion per mile.

Boring’s mission is to reduce the cost of tunneling 10-fold by reducing tunnel diameter and using improved equipment, modern techniques, and investment in research and development.

Safety is always, and should be, the main concern with a newer mass transit concept like an underground Loop system.

The tunnel is constructed of non-flammable material and doesn’t utilize an electric 3rd rail, so the risk of fire is minimal. The Boring Company says the system has emergency exits and that its ventilation can handle smoke in the unlikely event of a fire.

You can read up on the Loop system’s safety features here.

Earthquakes also pose minimal risk to the system, as Boring points out that similar subway systems in California and Mexico City were among the safest places to be during seismic events, with tunnels showing little to no damage afterward.

Las Vegas Loop Expansion Updates

Las Vegas Loop developments are coming in fast and furious. Here, you’ll find a running timeline of key milestones, construction progress, and land purchases.

September 2026: Service to and from the airport is now available to and from most active system stations for $14 per person.

September 2025: Boring Company’s tunneling machine Prufrock-1 daylighted after completing a 2.26-mile-long tunnel connecting a property close to the airport to Westgate. That route will eventually have 8 loop stops.

April 2025: Encore and Westgate stations are now operational, and The Boring Company is mulling a station at The Sphere.

August 2024: The boring machine has “daylighted” at Virgin Las Vegas, although the stop is not yet open, progress is being made.

April 2024: The Boring Company has started a tunnel that will connect UNLV to the Las Vegas Convention Center. According to the RJ article, Virgin Las Vegas will also have a stop on that route.

September 2023: The permitting process is underway for a loop station and tunnel at STRAT, which would connect the resort to the broader network.

July 2023: The Boring Company shared images and video of their tunneling machine surfacing outside of both Westgate and Encore. We’re getting close to having 2 new stops.

February 2023: The Boring Company intends to purchase a chunk of land on the UNLV campus near the Thomas & Mack Center for the construction of a future Loop station, pending Board of Regents approval. The 1.3-acre plot is located at the intersection of Tropicana and University Center Drive.

At the end of the day, Las Vegas is in desperate need of a mass transit system that can ferry visitors quickly from place to place at a price that won’t break the bank.

I think the Vegas Loop could double as both an effective means of transportation and as a tourist attraction in and of itself.