Elon Musk’s Boring Company is tunneling beneath Las Vegas with little oversight
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is tunneling beneath Las Vegas with little oversight
Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
Summary
Elon Musk's Boring Company is rapidly expanding the "Vegas Loop," a 68-mile underground Tesla-based transit system approved with minimal public input and regulatory oversight.
Backed by the Las Vegas tourism authority, the project bypasses federal environmental reviews and standard public transit scrutiny.
Despite safety, labor, and environmental violations, Boring faces modest fines and continues construction.
Critics, including former Mayor Carolyn Goodman, highlight concerns over safety, accessibility, and untested technology, but local officials and businesses support the project, viewing it as a vital traffic solution.
The Loop may set a precedent for deregulated infrastructure projects.
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I hope it ruins the foundation of one of the bigger casinos, the fight would be amazing.
I'm hoping it makes the site of the new stadium they are building for the A's cave in, they did Oakland dirty and deserve whatever bad karma they get.
Lol, MGM owns most of the strip and it's entire enterprise value is ~$40B. Not market cap, that's only $9B. In the year of our Lord 2025, I'm not sure I see courts making for a fair fight when you throw in politically targeted retribution that would come.
Historically, casinos didn't engage in legal fights. They had the mob to do that work for them.
Absent a functioning, fair political and judicial system, all sorts of things are going to start reappearing on the US landscape that have been dormant for generations. Very doubtful in the current environment, but when transparent political retribution is transpiring and powerful, rich folks are on the receiving end, there will come a point where drastic measures will become among the most reasonable options they have.