(Image: Courtesy of The Boring Company)

In what seems like a campy scene out of Vegas Shop of Horrors, check out this video of a gurgling asphalt lot at the Westgate Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.

This is the work of Elon Musk’s Boring Company, which just entered a new phase building its network of underground tunnels in Las Vegas that people can traverse via human-guided Teslas. Currently these electric carriages travel 40 feet underground at 30 miles per hour. TBC says the system they’re building eventually will move people at speeds up to 155 mph.

Las Vegas Underground

Underground construction may not get as much attention as F1 lane closures despite the potential for race-like speeds. But it’s significant and stands to transform the transportation system in Las Vegas – not just from casino-to-casino, but also to Allegiant stadium, the airport, and various downtown destinations.

In September, Clark County and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved 14 additional stops, bringing the total stations on the planned 68-mile network to 93.

Map of approved underground routes and casino stops currently being built (and financed) by Elon Musk’s Boring Company. Click to enlarge. (Image: Courtesy of TBC / Reddit)

Currently, there are 2.3 miles of tunnel and five stops that are fully operational. Resorts World and Encore have tunnels providing them a direct path to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

There’s no date set yet for completion of the whole system, but this station at the Westgate could be finished as early as February 2024. 

Boring Devices, Snail’s Pace

The boring device being used in this video is called Prufrock, It’s capable of digging at a pace of a mile per week, which the company boasts is about ⅕ as fast as a snail moves. 

This is the device currently drilling tunnels about 40 feet under the surface of the Las Vegas casino-resort corridor. (Image: Courtesy of TBC / Twitter)

This is version 2 of Boring's Prufrock drilling device. The company is currently developing Prufrock-3, which will dig at a speed of seven miles per day, and will eventually dig an underground tunnel connecting Las Vegas and Los Angeles.