Boring Co., Las Vegas airport officials discussing Vegas Loop station

The Boring Company is tunneling toward a point just north of Harry Reid International Airport, with the aim of eventually linking the Vegas Loop directly to the airport’s passenger hub. A tunneling machine is moving underground from a planned parcel at 4744 Paradise Road, adjacent to UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center, to a tract of land the company owns just south of the Paradise/Tropicana Avenue intersection at 5022 Palo Verde Road. That connection will place passengers near the airport, though they will still need to use a shuttle to reach the terminals. **Reid Airport station** Direct airport access is under discussion. Talks are underway to extend the Vegas Loop straight into the footprint of Reid Airport, according to Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority president and CEO Steve Hill. “Getting the transit strategy linked straight into the airport would be a monumental feat for the city,” Hill said. “The airdrome has been talked astir for decades with the monorail, and is the beatified grail of proscription services,” Hill said. “We’ve got 50 cardinal passengers a twelvemonth going successful and retired