{"id":314051,"date":"2024-03-13T15:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T20:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=314051"},"modified":"2024-03-14T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:44:53","slug":"new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground transportation system on and around the Strip.<\/p>\n

\"Vegas
Locals and critics refer to the Vegas Loop as \u201cTesla Tunnels,\u201d because they feature manned Tesla vehicles traveling at 30 mph, rather than the 155 mph, self-driving shuttles for 18 that were promised when the Vegas Loop received its initial LVCVA approval. (Image: The Boring Co.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The extension will run for two miles beneath Paradise Road, from Thomas & Mack Center to Harry Reid International Airport. The hope is to alleviate a major source of traffic congestion on the streets above.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe project is exceptionally important to Las Vegas,\u201d Steve Hill, LVCVA\u2019s CEO and president, told the board. \u201cIt is the realistic opportunity to make a dent in the congestion in the city, to make the visitor experience significantly better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

The green light was given despite a $100K fine recently slapped on Musk\u2019s The Boring Co., the business that digs the tunnels.\u00a0 OSHA last month ordered the fines for eight \u201cserious\u201d safety violations.<\/a> According to documents, between 15-20 employees claimed to have received chemical burns from sludge accidentally spilled while working in the underground tunnels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Boring Company was given 30 days to correct the violations.<\/p>\n

“They’ve addressed the OSHA violations that happened during construction projects,\u201d Hill said during the meeting. \u201cNobody likes them and there should be a no-tolerance attitude towards safety (and) I think the company has that.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to news reports, the one nay vote was cast by board member and Las Vegas Mayor Caroline Goodman, an outspoken critic of the Vegas Loop who has previously called the project \u201cunsafe\u201d and impractical.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Other Boring News<\/h2>\n

A proposed Vegas Loop station at Allegiant Stadium could displace hundreds of parking spots required by Clark County code.<\/p>\n

\n

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, <\/em>plans recently submitted to Clark County by Las Vegas Raiders officials call for a boarding platform to surface in Lot B, near the intersection of Hacienda and Polaris avenues. The platform could eliminate between 124-200 spaces from the 210-space lot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Based on the size of the 65,000-capacity stadium, Clark County code requires 16,550 on-site parking spaces. However, in 2017, the county approved a reduction in that requirement to 2,375 spaces. It cited the availability of nearly 13K offsite parking spaces at surrounding businesses and a variety of alternate transportation methods.<\/p>\n

The Raiders\u2019 request includes a request to reduce that requirement to 2,175 parking spaces.<\/p>\n

If approved, work on the new platform would need to begin within two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground transportation system on and around the Strip. The extension will run for two miles beneath Paradise Road, from Thomas & Mack Center to Harry Reid International Airport. The hope is to alleviate a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":314053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886],"tags":[82269,82655,90205,86139,82375,23,82395,90206],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop - Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-13T20:04:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-14T16:44:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1111\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"625\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Corey Levitan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Corey Levitan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/\",\"name\":\"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop - Casino.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-13T20:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-14T16:44:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/281fd7b5480c9afb75e84ffb75039f09\"},\"description\":\"On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg\",\"width\":1111,\"height\":625},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Las Vegas\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/281fd7b5480c9afb75e84ffb75039f09\",\"name\":\"Corey Levitan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-3-3-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-3-3-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Corey Levitan\"},\"description\":\"Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including Las Vegas. Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city\u2019s history. (For \u201cFear and Loafing,\u201d he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.) Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post. Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook. Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/corey-levitan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop - Casino.org","description":"On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop - Casino.org","og_description":"On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2024-03-13T20:04:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-14T16:44:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1111,"height":625,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Corey Levitan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Corey Levitan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/","name":"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop - Casino.org","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-13T20:04:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-14T16:44:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/281fd7b5480c9afb75e84ffb75039f09"},"description":"On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board approved two new tunnels for the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk\u2019s underground","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/vegas-loop.jpg","width":1111,"height":625},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-tesla-tunnels-approved-for-musks-vegas-loop\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Las Vegas","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"New \u2018Tesla Tunnels\u2019 Approved for Musk\u2019s Vegas Loop"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/281fd7b5480c9afb75e84ffb75039f09","name":"Corey Levitan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-3-3-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-3-3-96x96.png","caption":"Corey Levitan"},"description":"Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including Las Vegas. Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city\u2019s history. (For \u201cFear and Loafing,\u201d he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.) Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post. Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook. Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/corey-levitan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314051"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314160,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314051\/revisions\/314160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}