Elon Musk's “Boring Company Loop” still exists in Las Vegas. sold as things that help people move Getting to the Las Vegas Convention Center is easy. the reality is completely different. Besides the problem of being ridiculously stupid, the loop seems to have other serious problems: stupid drivers and intruders.
Based on a request under the Freedom of Information Act, luck In the Vegas Loop, investigators found that many tunnels found people in places they shouldn't have been. According to data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau, there have been 67 tunnel intrusion incidents over the past two years, and 22 involving unauthorized vehicles in the tunnel since 2023.
When unauthorized cars enter tunnels, the problem seems to be that the driver is confused, not paying attention, or both.
A spokeswoman for the Gaming and Tourism Authority said all the cars that entered the premises were “inadvertent”. The company's drivers followed Boring's vehicle, believing it was approaching a rideshare pick-up or parking lot entrance, but were quickly directed outside. A spokesman said only one such incident “resulted in a tunnel entry.”
In the loop's defense, there is no way a driver could “accidentally” enter the tunnel unless he or she is completely ignorant. From my personal knowledge, vehicles can only enter the tunnel from the ground at two stations: Zachodnia and Południowa. The West station is located in part of the convention center and literally shares the area with the loading area, so it is not easily accessible to outside vehicles. There is a fence with a locked gate and signs reading “Vehicles Only” and “No Entry”.
The same applies to Nishi Station. This station is easily accessible from a public road, but is still fenced and has the same signage as other stations. To enter the tunnel you must ignore all this, as well as numerous loops and road signs.
To help with this, luck The Boring Tunnel was found to be equipped with license plate readers that would close the gates if an unauthorized vehicle's license plate was scanned. Another problem is that there are people in the tunnel. In one case, a skateboarder entered a tunnel and the system was forced to shut down, while a man was captured and removed from the tunnel. Other events were more… special.
In one case, two people were found sleeping at one of the stations in a tunnel near the convention center parking lot. They were eventually escorted off the premises by Bowling security. In another incident, a man tried to remove a license plate reader from one of the bowling stations, and convention center security also escorted him off the premises.
According to the files examined by luckIt appears that The Boring Company did not report the intruders to the local police. Las Vegas police released details luck They said they did not know there was a tunnel intrusion incident.
However, this doesn't seem to stop anything. Las Vegas officials seem still convinced that the Loop is a viable alternative to public transportation. Earlier this year, the city of Las Vegas and Clark County officials Further land sales have been approved This is to enable the company to expand the tunnel. Once built, the entire system will consist of 100 miles of tunnels connecting everything from the Las Vegas Convention Center to the airport.
A version of this article originally appeared on Jalopnik.
