--- title: "Las Vegas Wants Elon Musk’s Boring Co to Dig a Massive Tunnel" description: "The Las Vegas tourism board announced today that it is recommending that the Boring Company builds an underground tunnel system for its convention hall." date: "2019-03-06" modified: "2019-03-06" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/las-vegas-convention-center-boring-company" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "boring company" - "ces" - "elon musk" - "las vegas" --- # Las Vegas Wants Elon Musk’s Boring Co to Dig a Massive Tunnel ![The Las Vegas tourism board announced today that it is recommending that the Boring Company builds an underground tunnel system for its convention hall.]() *\Image: tvsdesign\* ## Vegas, Baby! Elon Musk's Boring Company is coming for Las Vegas. The Las Vegas tourism board announced today that it is recommending the building of an underground tunnel system — and the Boring Company is its number one choice, the [*Associated Press* reports](). "It's really innovative," president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Steve Hill told the *AP*. "I think it will be an attraction in and of itself, frankly," ## Futuristic Pods Plans for the proposed tunnel network are still vague, but here's what we know so far: the project would cost between $35 and $55 million dollars and could host more than 1 million people a year when it debuts by January 2021. Three to four stations would connect different halls of the massive Las Vegas Convention Center and possibly even the iconic Las Vegas strip. Two parallel tunnels would carry futuristic pods filled with passengers each way. It would be free to access for everybody. ## CES Tunnels The biggest event that draws massive crowds at the Las Vegas Convention Center every year is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The Las Vegas Convention Center is currently undergoing a massive expansion, stretching the convention facilities over a length of roughly two miles. ## Boring Las Vegas The Vegas news comes after the Boring Company [hit some major roadblocks]() in Chicago last month. The plan was to connect Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to the downtown core, but the concept has been met with [ridicule]() and red tape — it even got sucked into a [corruption scandal](). But Las Vegas could be a much better fit, if today's news is any indication. "Look at everything that we have built in Las Vegas, and this city and everybody who has built it found ways to make that happen," Hill told the *AP.* **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk firm pitched to build transit system in Las Vegas]() \[*Associated Press*\] **More on the Boring Company:** *[The Boring Company’s Chicago Tunnel Project Might Soon be Dead]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()