LAS VEGAS — The Boring Company is stepping out of its Las Vegas home base and onto the world stage, with new projects in Dubai and Nashville advancing as Elon Musk's tunneling venture scales up its all-electric underground transit ambitions.
The Vegas Loop remains the proof of concept, having already carried more than four million passengers through its growing network of stations beneath the convention district. Now the company is exporting the model, betting that fast, cheap tunnels can ease congestion in cities far from the Strip.
A Signed Deal in Dubai
The biggest leap is in the Middle East. The Boring Company has signed a construction contract with Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority for the pilot phase of the Dubai Loop — 6.4 kilometers of tunnel and four stations, with construction set to begin late in 2026.
The pilot is designed to move 13,000 passengers a day and cut the trip between the Dubai International Financial Centre and Dubai Mall from about 20 minutes to just three. It is the company's first international government partnership, a milestone that builds on the regulatory momentum seen back home, where Boring won approval for a new UNLV Vegas Loop station.
Music City Goes Underground
Closer to home, the company is breaking ground on the Music City Loop, a partnership with the State of Tennessee to connect downtown Nashville, the Music City Center, and Lower Broadway to West End Avenue and Nashville International Airport.
The project reached a key milestone when the company's second Prufrock tunneling machine arrived and completed testing in Nashville, clearing the way for digging to begin. An airport-to-downtown express route has been a long-sought goal for the city, and an all-electric, privately funded tunnel offers a path that avoids years of surface construction.
Scaling the Model
The throughline across all three cities is speed and cost. By using compact electric vehicles in narrow, single-lane tunnels, the company sidesteps much of the expense and disruption of traditional subway construction. In its fully built-out form, Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have approved up to 68 miles of tunnel and 104 stations capable of moving 90,000 passengers per hour.
Details on each system, including route maps and station plans, are laid out on The Boring Company's projects page. With a signed deal abroad, a tunneling machine running in Nashville, and a Vegas network still expanding, the company is entering its most ambitious chapter yet — and making the case that the future of urban transit runs underground.
