Clark County Clears 19 More Vegas Loop Stations, Total Hits 123

LAS VEGAS — The Boring Company just won room to dig a lot deeper into Las Vegas. Clark County commissioners approved 19 additional Vegas Loop stations, pushing the underground transit system's entitled total to 123 — a sharp jump for a project that keeps outgrowing its own blueprints.

Elon Musk's tunneling company thanked the county for the vote and used the moment to spell out where it sees the network heading. "Because Loop is point-to-point with no intermediate stops, in the limit, one could have a Loop station in every driveway," the company wrote. It is an aspirational line, but it captures how far the ambitions have traveled since the first tunnel opened.

A Network That Keeps Expanding

The growth curve is steep. The Vegas Loop opened its first stretch of tunnel in 2021 and has expanded through a string of county approvals since. In 2023, commissioners signed off on 18 more stations, part of a plan that later doubled the target to 69 stations across 65 miles. By the end of that year the blueprint had grown to roughly 93 stations, and last year's long-term design called for 104 across 68 miles. The new approval lifts that to 123 — each vote treated as a floor rather than a ceiling. The full breakdown from Teslarati traces just how quickly the map has filled in.

From Approvals to Riders

Regulatory runway is one thing; tunnels in the ground are another, and here The Boring Company has real momentum to show. The network runs about 11 open stations today and has already carried more than 4 million passengers, with newer stops at Fontainebleau and Sahara extending the Strip corridor. A connection to Harry Reid International Airport is under construction, and the company is racing to finish a Westgate-to-Paradise Road segment in time for November's Formula 1 race.

Construction is accelerating to match the approvals. The company's Prufrock boring machines set an internal record in March with a 2.28-mile tunnel near Westgate, evidence that the digging is speeding up even as the list of approved destinations grows. Turning 123 entitled stations into 123 operating ones will take time, but the tools and the demand are both there.

Part of a Bigger Vegas Bet

The Loop is increasingly central to how Las Vegas moves visitors between casinos, the convention center and, soon, the airport — a car-based, congestion-free alternative that fits a city built around big events. It also complements Musk's broader Nevada footprint, from Gigafactory Nevada to Tesla's newly cleared robotaxi ambitions. The city recently moved to clear Tesla for paid robotaxi rides in Las Vegas, pointing to a future where Musk-built tunnels and Musk-built autonomous cars could work in tandem beneath and above the Strip.

Why It Matters

Urban transit projects usually crawl through permitting and rarely deliver more than promised. The Vegas Loop keeps doing the opposite — winning bigger approvals, carrying real passengers and pushing its boring machines to new records. With 123 stations now entitled and a proven ridership base, The Boring Company has the legal runway and the digging pace to keep expanding one of the few new mass-transit networks actually being built in America today. In a city that rewards ambition, Musk's tunnels keep finding new ground to break.