Gary Zhou 
Key Points
- 🚇 The Boring Company’s Prufrock-2 reached Encore and Westgate in 10 weeks, marking another milestone for TBC’s Vegas Loop.
- 🏨 Prufrock-2 arrived at the Encore Resort, while Prufrock-1 arrived at the Westgate Resort, both near the Las Vegas Strip.
- ⛏️ The Boring Company’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) demonstrated significant development and progress in the construction of the Vegas Loop.
- 🛤️ The Vegas Loop project aims to connect the Westgate station to the Las Vegas Convention Center via the LVCC Loop, improving travel along the boulevard and providing connectivity to downtown, the Medical District, the airport, and Allegiant Stadium.
- 🏗️ The Boring Company received approval from the Las Vegas planning commission to expand the route of the Vegas Loop.
- 💡 Commissioner Trinity Haven Schlottman expressed enthusiasm for the project, highlighting the potential impact on travel in the area.
The Boring Company’s (TBC) Prufrock-2 set a new milestone after reaching Encore and Westgate near the Las Vegas Strip in 10 weeks. Prufrock-2’s arrival in Westgate marks another milestone for TBC’s Vegas Loop.
On Monday, The Boring Company announced that Prufrock-2 and Prufrock-1 arrived at Encore on Las Vegas Boulevard and Westgate, respectively. Prufrock-2’s progress toward Encore showed TBC’s significant development of its tunnel boring machine (TBM).
The Boring Company’s updated TBM took 10 weeks to mobilize, launch, tunnel 2,350 underground, and retrieve. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the TBM used for the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop, called GODOT, took 10 weeks to launch.
The arrival of Prufrock-1 at Westgate and Prufrock-2 at Encore marks significant milestones for the tunneling company’s Vegas Loop project. TBC aims to open the Westgate station of the Vegas Loop by the summer. Vegas Loop station will be connected to the Las Vegas Convention Center via the LVCC Loop. The Westgate station will surface at the Riviera station located at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall parking lot.
Elon Musk’s tunneling company recently received approval from the Las Vegas planning commission to expand the Vegas Loop’s route.
“It’s gonna change the way that we travel up and down the boulevard and hopefully to the airport and to Allegiant Stadium and everything else. I love that we have the connectivity and downtown and the Medical District and everything,” said Commissioner Trinity Haven Schlottman.
