Boring Company Opens Fontainebleau Station and Airport Transit

LAS VEGAS — The Boring Company has opened its newest Vegas Loop station at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, adding one of the Strip's newest and most prominent resorts to the underground transit network while simultaneously expanding service to Harry Reid International Airport for the first time.

The Fontainebleau station sits at level V-1 in the resort's south valet area. From there, passengers can ride free of charge to stations serving the Las Vegas Convention Center, Encore, and Westgate — covering a significant portion of the northern Strip without ever surfacing. The Fontainebleau connection routes through the Riviera Station in the convention center's northwest parking lot, giving guests direct access to the broader Vegas Loop network.

Airport Rides Now Live

The more significant operational expansion launched in December 2025, when The Boring Company began offering rides between Loop stations and Harry Reid International Airport. The service marks the first time the tunnel network has incorporated an above-ground segment, following approval from the Nevada Transportation Authority.

Under the terms of the approval, airport rides are permitted to include up to four miles of surface street travel, provided each trip includes a tunnel segment. Fares are set at $12 for rides between Resorts World Las Vegas or Westgate and the airport terminals — and $4.25 for standard Loop rides between Westgate and Resorts World.

The airport extension uses a mixed-mode operation: passengers board Tesla vehicles at Loop stations, travel underground for a portion of the route, then continue above ground to the terminal. It is a pragmatic approach to bridging the gap between the completed tunnel network and the airport, which sits beyond the current tunnel footprint.

Phase 2 Coming Soon

The Vegas Loop currently has more than 10 miles of tunnels completed, of which approximately four miles are fully operational for passenger service. The Phase 2 extension — a 2.2-mile dual-direction tunnel segment running from Westgate toward Paradise Road — is expected to open within months, bringing higher vehicle speeds and expanding the fleet toward 160 vehicles.

Boring Company President Steve Davis has confirmed that the University Center Loop segment, currently under construction, is targeted to open in the first quarter of 2026. That extension would allow Loop vehicles to travel beneath Paradise Road between the convention center and the airport, eventually enabling a fully underground connection to the terminals — eliminating the above-ground portion of the current airport route.

Longer-Term Vision

Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have approved a long-term plan covering 68 miles of tunnel and 104 stations, with the full buildout tentatively scheduled for completion between 2028 and 2029. Extensions into Henderson and Summerlin are also under discussion, with officials in both suburbs interested in one-mile demonstration tunnels to validate the system's viability for suburban applications.

The Vegas Loop has already carried more than three million passengers through its eight operational stations. As the network expands toward the airport and deeper into the Strip's resort corridor, the system is transitioning from a convention center convenience to a genuine urban mobility platform — one that may eventually offer Strip visitors a fully autonomous, tunnel-based alternative to surface traffic for every major destination on and around the Las Vegas Boulevard.