Boring Company Opens New Vegas Loop Station at Sahara

LAS VEGAS — The Boring Company opened a new Vegas Loop station at Sahara Las Vegas on Thursday, giving its underground transit system its northernmost stop yet and setting the stage for the network to push farther up the Strip.

The station sits at Sahara's Paradise Road entrance, on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, and connects riders to the Las Vegas Convention Center, other resorts on the loop and, eventually, Harry Reid International Airport. It makes Sahara only the second resort, after Fontainebleau, to get a stop built at street level rather than tucked inside the property. The milestone arrives as The Boring Company rides a wave of new funding and a $20 billion valuation.

A Growing Underground Network

With Sahara online, the Vegas Loop now runs through 11 open stations, and the system has carried more than 4 million passengers since it began running in 2021. During the CONEXPO trade show in early March, the loop moved roughly 82,000 riders, a figure the company highlighted as proof the concept scales with big-event demand.

Sahara now joins Westgate as one of only two Strip resorts offering both a Vegas Loop station and a stop on the Las Vegas Monorail, giving guests two separate ways to move around without leaving the property. For a convention-driven resort, a station at the front door is a real draw for booking rooms on the Strip's north end.

The Next Tunnels

The bigger news is what comes next. Boring Company has already secured its first permit to tunnel north of Sahara Avenue, extending the network beyond where it currently ends. Crews are also working on a two-mile dual-tunnel line running from Westgate to a planned station at 4744 Paradise Road, which the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority hopes to open in time for November's Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The company's tunneling ambitions reach well beyond Nevada, with projects taking shape in multiple cities as its Prufrock boring machines get faster. The airport connector tunnels, meant to give the loop a direct link to Harry Reid, have slipped past their original first-quarter target but remain under construction, with Boring Company director Mike Baier saying a full opening is still a few months out.

Momentum on the Strip

Ridership has grown alongside the buildout, and each new station widens the network's reach for conventiongoers and tourists alike. Details of Thursday's opening were reported by Teslarati, which noted the quietly filed permit clearing the way for the next phase.

The Vegas Loop remains the clearest real-world proof of Elon Musk's bet that cheap, fast tunneling can move people under congested cities. With a fresh station open, permits in hand and a Grand Prix deadline looming, The Boring Company is digging toward its busiest stretch yet.