LAS VEGAS — The Boring Company has cleared a key hurdle in its underground transit expansion, winning approval from Nevada's higher-education board to build and operate a Vegas Loop station on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
On Monday, June 22, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted to approve a package of agreements during a special meeting, with the motion passing and only one regent opposed. The decision adds a major academic anchor to a network that has already reshaped how people move around Las Vegas.
What the Regents Approved
The board signed off on three agreements bundled into one document: a temporary construction easement, a development agreement, and a combined access license and operation-management agreement. The station will sit on the west side of the Thomas and Mack parking lot, near the campus services building, putting fast underground transit within steps of one of the busiest corners of campus.
Crucially for a public university, the project carries no cost to UNLV. The Boring Company will design, construct, and operate the station at its own expense — a multi-million-dollar build that the school does not have to fund. UNLV Interim President Chris Heavey framed the deal as infrastructure the university gets without dipping into its own budget.
A Better Deal for Students
Students stand to benefit directly. The agreement sets a 25 percent discount on Vegas Loop rides for UNLV students, with a 10 percent discount for staff and faculty. For a commuter-heavy campus, a quick, low-cost ride into the broader Loop network is a tangible perk, connecting students to the convention center, the Strip, and eventually the airport.
The UNLV stop slots into a system that keeps growing. The Vegas Loop already spans 11 stations and has carried more than four million passengers, and local officials have approved an eventual 68-mile, 104-station network. The Boring Company has been pressing that expansion on multiple fronts, including its tunneling push in Nashville.
Momentum Underground
The UNLV approval is a vote of confidence in a model that has steadily won over local governments: privately funded tunnels, no taxpayer construction bill, and discounts for the communities they serve. Each new station makes the network more useful, and a university hub adds a reliable base of daily riders.
With agreements in hand, attention turns to design and construction timelines. The Review-Journal's report on the vote is available here. For The Boring Company, the message from Las Vegas is consistent: keep digging, keep connecting, and keep proving the concept one station at a time.
