[Ipg-smz] Las Vegas Orders Up a Boring Company Loop | WIRED

[Gabe Goldberg]

But never has the Boring Company had a paying customer. Until now. Late 
Wednesday, the board of directors of the Las Vegas Convention and 
Visitors Authority voted to grant a $48,675,000 contract to the Boring 
Company to build a 0.83-mile, three-station version of the company's 
Loop mass-transit system inside of Vegas' sprawling, revamped convention 
center, which is currently under construction.

As previously outlined by BoCo, the Loop system is made up of 8- to 
16-passenger battery-powered autonomous electric vehicles, built to 
shoot people from station to station at speeds of up to 150 mph. This 
Las Vegas system is slated to transport at least 4,400 passengers per 
hour between the center’s new exhibit and south halls, about a 20-minute 
walk by foot.

The Boring Company has also pledged to build an escalator or elevator 
system for each of the three stations, pedestrian entrances and exits, 
tunnel lighting, power and video surveillance systems, a control room, 
and cell phone, Wi-Fi, intercom, and ventilation systems. The convention 
center hopes to time the opening of the Loop with the 2021 Consumer 
Electronics Show.

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