- Boring Company has announced the Vegas Loop station count will double by year-end.
- The Vegas Loop expansion is tied to tunnels that have already been built.
- Clark County has approved a plan for 123 stations, raising the system's target to 69 stations.
- Boring Company forecasts ridership will grow three- to four-fold once the tunnels are fully open.
Boring Company has announced that the number of Vegas Loop stations in Las Vegas will double by the end of the year, tying the target to a hiring push for drivers and operations managers in the city. The company posted on social platform X: "Vegas Loop is expanding — the station count will double by year-end!" alongside listings for Loop drivers and senior Loop operations managers. Vegas Loop currently operates 14 stations, and Boring Company's project page shows a target of 28 stations by the end of 2026, a figure that aligns with the company's announcement.
Vegas Loop expansion plans
The Vegas Loop expansion is largely tied to tunnels that have already been built and are awaiting an opening date. In an interview with the Review-Journal last week, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill said the roughly 2-mile twin-tunnel system connecting the Westgate to a planned station at 4744 Paradise Road is expected to open in phases over the coming weeks. The new stations include 4744 Paradise, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas and the former Gordon Biersch site, built to speed trips to Harry
Reid International Airport ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Clark County has now approved plans for 123 stations for Vegas Loop after greenlighting an additional 19 stations in August. According to Teslarati's reporting at the time, permitting and construction progress have not moved in lockstep, so county approval alone does not guarantee stations will open on any particular schedule. Clark County approved 18 additional stations in 2023, a plan that raised the system's target to 69 stations across 65 miles — the first time the network's size had been doubled on paper.
That target has continued to climb since, with projections calling for roughly 93 stations by the end of last year and 123 following the August vote.
Ridership growth forecast
This week's announcement is the first to tie a "doubling" claim to stations that are actually operating rather than merely approved on a map. Ridership offers some sense of the denser network's potential capacity. Boring Company executive Mike Baier said in July that Vegas Loop already moves about 40,000 passengers on a busy convention day, a figure that exceeds most light-rail systems nationally, even though the system's tunnels cover only a fraction of the planned network.
Company leadership forecasts that ridership could grow three to four times once the airport-connecting tunnels are fully open.
Boring Company has not disclosed which stations beyond those already under construction will open by year-end, nor whether the hiring push signals fleet expansion across the new stops.
Impact of the Vegas Loop expansion on transportation
Boring Company's Vegas Loop expansion underscores its focus on transportation in Las Vegas. With new tunnels opening and station counts rising, the system is expected to substantially boost passenger capacity. The expansion will not only serve demand from the upcoming Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix but could also reshape how residents and visitors get around. As the system comes together, Vegas Loop is positioned to become a more attractive transit option and further drive Las Vegas's economic growth.