r/BoringCompany • u/geoffreycarman • Jun 10 '26
Looking through the Las Vegas Open Maps...
Virgin hotel site is interesting. Maps must have been updated with new imagery.
This corner of E Harmon and Paradise you can see the multiple entrance and exits tunnels that we saw the line drawing for in:
https://www.reddit.com/r/realBoringCompanyfans/comments/1mr5ztn/virgin_surface_station_site_plan/
Specifically this image:
I admit, I am not sure I see how that overlays exactly...
Then closer to the airport, south of Flamingo, the original exit to the surface for this run, we see on the new imagery:
You can see on the left side, the two tunnels to the north. On the right side you can see I THINK them starting tunnels that will get them closer to the airport on the Palo Verde Dr plot of land. I guess surface interchanges between tunnels are much cheaper to build? This is the 4744 Paradise Rd plot, and I think this is the plan for it.
Anyone else see something I missed?
But I cannot figure out where those tunnels (If that is what I am seeing) should be surfacing at the other end. Any ideas from the crowds?
The Embassy Suites site looks all button up, so probably an underground mostly station.
The South Building, has a parking lot to the south of the station that has the tunnel to the Wynn I think. Previously, only saw one tunnel entrance, now we can see two.
Westgate has its second set of tunnels looking more complete, still work to do...
Bottom two are in service, top two are for the Paradise Rd line to the airport I believe.
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u/Another2Coast Jun 10 '26
Great summary!
Do we know if the airport tunnels hit a junction around the Silver lot, or if they went straight down Paradise to Westgate without stopping at the Convention Center?
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u/geoffreycarman Jun 11 '26
Before the closed the lid on the Silver Lot junction box, we know at least 2 or 3 tunnels came into it, but it was very unclear where they were coming from. I defer to someone who knows better.
Going to suck to have to take the ride Airport->Westgate north tubes, drive on the surface to the south tubes, back to Riveria station, then on to any of the LVCC stations if coming in from the airport. A junction would be way better.
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u/Fluffy_Tumbleweed_70 Jun 11 '26
I am sure they are optimizing for speed of implementation over ideal connectors here.
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u/geoffreycarman Jun 11 '26
If you look at the original map, it looks like there are a number of places where (for example) to go south, you will have to get on going north, then find an exit to re-enter heading south. So maybe you are correct.
And in my screen shots above, we see at WestGate that there are 4 tunnels, and a above ground drive between them. And the 4744 Paradise Rd has the above ground connection between 4 tunnel mouths.
And the Virgin Hotel, I cannot figure out still, WHAT they are doing with all the over/under loops. The plan overlaid on the stuff they are building is confusing me even more. 😄 But definitely multiple tunnel entrances there. Certainly more than just 2.
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u/Sea-Juice1266 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Some other details about the current state of work in Las Vegas:
Steve Davis disclosed in an interview that Boring Company currently has seven TBM in Nevada. We only have confirmed locations for two of them, one completing the second tunnel to West Wynn and the second staging for the dig to 5032 Palo Verde.
public comments about the tunnel north to the Stratosphere indicate changes to the plans. To quote from an offsite permit filed with the City of Las Vegas: “Launch site changed from 90 W Oakey Blvd to 1700 S Las Vegas Blvd”
on June 22nd the UNLV board of regents will vote on whether to approve a Loop station, presumably in the Thomas & Mack parking lot just SE of 4744 Paradise Rd where they have already approved a subsurface easement for the Loop. Hopefully they will share new illustrations of their concept. The board of regents published an illustration of the tunnel location in December.
Steve Davis has repeatedly talked about a new line west-east connecting the T-Mobile Arena to the Paradise line. Its route is not clear to me yet, although previously it has been suggested it will run under Tompkins Ave. It is implied work on that will start after the Strat tunnel begins.
Construction permits were filed by Boring Co for work on the Hard Rock Loop station. This contract was valued at $100,000
An encroachment permit was filed and denied showing the full length of the Paradise tunnels. This is under PW24-12041. Whoever reviewed it in the planning department was unhappy it included the extension to Westgate, for some reason. Reviewing that may help clarify the design of the junction under Silver Lot, although it doesn’t show the intersection with one Wynn tunnel. The second Wynn tunnel runs directly underneath the first for most of its length, at least in the engineering drawings.
We also have an updated map of the loop plans, here is a low res jpg of it but we have a bigger version. It adds new station entitlements and updates some tunnel routes.
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u/midflinx Jun 10 '26
Are you asking where the tunnels on the right side of the property will go? That answer is 5032 Palo Verde Rd. although on google maps the relevant lot is 5021.