Elon Musk's Boring Company reveals the boarding area of new Las Vegas Loop - and shows off with 'tunnel rave' of flashing lights and blaring Avici music
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company celebrated the near competition of its Las Vegas Convention Center Loop’s site by hosting a ‘tunnel rave’ inside the facility.
The firm shared a first look inside with three Tesla vehicles parked at the boarding area, along with flashing lights and dance music by the late musician Avici playing in the background.
The video, shared on Twitter, was shot inside the Loop’s hub where passengers will be transported from one end of the convention center to the other in a Model 3 electric vehicle.
The Boring Company plans to begin operations of the system in January that it says cuts the 15 minute walk from one end of the campus to the other down to just one minute.
The Boring Company shared a first look inside with three Tesla vehicles parked at the boarding area, along with flashing lights and dance music by the late musician Avici playing in the background
‘During typical peak hours, driving from the Las Vegas Convention Center to Mandalay Bay, for example, can take up to 30 minutes,’ reads the firm’s website.
‘The same trip on Vegas Loop will take approximately 3 minutes.’
The Boring Company claims the Tesla vehicles will reach top speeds of 155 miles per hour, making the trip more of a sprint than a sluggish shuttle ride.
In May, the company completed its excavation of one of two tunnels making up the convention center loop.
Musk shared renders (pictured) earlier this year of what the area will look like once it is complete. Above the tunnels is a display showing passengers when and where their vehicles will depart and, for color, a sprawling wall ad for Las Vegas tourism sporting the city's 'What happens in Vegas, only happens here' slogan
The Vegas loop will first included the Las Vegas Convention Center, but the firm plans to expand it to run along the Strip, McCarran International Airport, Allegiant Stadium, downtown Las Vegas and eventually to Los Angeles.
The system was first announced in May 2019, but like most of Musk’s projects the loop hit a three-month delay.
However, the process appears to be moving along, as The Boring Company is currently receiving approval for a number of agreements and is putting the final touches on the 0.8-mile-long tunnels and passenger stations.
And in the spirit of things, the firm decided to through a part in the passenger loading area – complete with strobe lights and dance music.
Musk shared renders earlier this year of what the area will look like once it is complete.
The video, shared on Twitter , was shot inside the Loop’s hub where passengers will be transported from one end of the convention center to the other in a Model 3 electric vehicle
Above the tunnels is a display showing passengers when and where their vehicles will depart and, for color, a sprawling wall ad for Las Vegas tourism sporting the city's 'What happens in Vegas, only happens here' slogan.
The cars will use onboard self-driving software to navigate the tunnels in addition to 'tracking wheel' which guide the vehicle along its specific lane.
The renders are, of course, only tentative his point and could change drastically between now and when the station is actually built.
They do, however, show the progression of Musk's Las Vegas loop, which he said in a corresponding tweet is 'coming soon.'
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