Vegas Loop Guide: Stations, Hotels, Fares and Airport Rides

The Vegas Loop is The Boring Company’s underground ride system: Tesla cars that carry you through tunnels between the Las Vegas Convention Center, five resorts at the north end of the Strip and, on a limited basis, Harry Reid International Airport. Rides take 2 to 8 minutes, according to the company. The catch is coverage: the Vegas Loop doesn’t reach the center Strip, Sphere or Fremont Street. Here’s where it goes, what it costs and when another ride makes more sense, as of October 2026.

Where are the Vegas Loop stations?

The Boring Company lists these public stations as active, and all of them appear in the Vegas Loop booking form. We name them rather than count them, because the company’s own page and the booking form don’t agree on a number.

Station	Where you board	Good to know
LVCC West, Central, Central Plaza, South and Riviera	On the Las Vegas Convention Center campus	Rides between them are free; open on convention days only
Resorts World	In The District, on the resort’s property	$4.75 to the convention center
Encore	At Encore; Wynn’s FAQ calls it “directly across from the Las Vegas Convention Center”	Wynn guests use it too; no airport bookings
Westgate	At the hotel’s porte-cochère	The Monorail also stops on site
Fontainebleau	Level V-1, at the south valet	Opened in early 2026
SAHARA	Paradise Road entrance, next to the digital marquee	A surface-street station; opened in August 2026
Airport T1 and T3	T1: ZERO Level; T3: Ground Transportation	Includes a surface drive; limited availability

On the campus, the LVCVA says about 2 miles of tunnels link the five convention center stations. Walking from the West Hall to the North or Central halls can take up to 25 minutes; the Loop takes about 2.

The booking form lists a few more stops: residential towers (Turnberry Towers, Turnberry Place, Allure and Stirling Club) whose pickups may ask for a unit number or a resident’s name, and Hughes Center, with pickup at the Gordon Biersch Brewery entrance. The Boring Company’s own page still lists Hughes Center as “opening soon,” so we can’t call it open yet.

Which hotels have a Vegas Loop station?

Five resorts, all at the north end of the Strip or beside the convention center: Resorts World, Encore, Westgate, Fontainebleau and SAHARA. Wynn guests use the Encore station next door, as Wynn’s FAQ advises, and the Resorts World station is shared by the three Hilton-brand hotels on that campus.

Hotel	Single ride to the convention center	Airport ride	Monorail too?
Resorts World	$4.75	$12	No
Encore (and Wynn)	$4.75	Not bookable	No
Westgate	$4.75	$12	Yes, on site
Fontainebleau	$7 (Central Plaza Station not bookable)	$14	No; Westgate’s station is nearest
SAHARA	$7.50	$14	Yes, the line’s north end

Fares are per passenger, as shown in the Vegas Loop booking form on Oct. 13, 2026.

• Westgate is the most useful Loop base: the lower fares, a Monorail station on site and a convention center it lists as a 7-minute walk.
• Resorts World has the same fares; our Resorts World Las Vegas review covers its three hotels.
• Encore and Wynn can’t book the airport from Encore. Our Wynn Las Vegas review covers both towers.
• Fontainebleau rides launched as complimentary for guests, News 3 reported, but the form now charges $7, so ask the hotel. See our Fontainebleau Las Vegas review.
• SAHARA has the highest fares but free parking and the Monorail inside; see our SAHARA Las Vegas review.

How much does the Vegas Loop cost?

The Boring Company sets fares, and you pay in the Vegas Loop booking form. These single-ride prices were the same on Oct. 9 and Oct. 13, 2026, per passenger, with no checkout fees or taxes shown in the quote:

Trip	Price per person
Between two convention center stations	Free (not sold)
Between Resorts World, Westgate, Encore and the convention center	$4.75
To or from Fontainebleau	$7.00
To or from SAHARA	$7.50
Airport to or from Resorts World, Westgate or the convention center	$12.00
Airport to or from SAHARA or Fontainebleau	$14.00

The form also sells a Round Trip for $7.50 and a Day Pass for $13.25. Those quotes didn’t change with the stations selected, but we couldn’t confirm whether airport or SAHARA round trips cost more, so check the total before you pay. Prices can change at any time; the app has the current fare.

On the $4.75 routes, a round trip saves $2 over two single rides ($9.50, or 2 × $4.75), and the Day Pass pays off from the third ride ($14.25, or 3 × $4.75, against $13.25).

You may see $14 quoted from the airport to the convention center and $5 from the convention center to the Strip: those are examples on The Boring Company’s project page. The booking form, where you actually buy, showed $12 and $4.75 for those trips, so we’ve used the form.

Is the Vegas Loop free?

Only on the convention center campus. Rides between the LVCC stations are free, and the Loop’s FAQ says that during a convention they’re “typically free with your event badge.” The LVCVA owns the campus Loop, The Boring Company designed and operates it, and the LVCVA says it doesn’t set prices off campus. Any ride that leaves the campus needs a ticket, including hotel-to-hall trips: SAHARA’s Loop page now says only that “rides between stations on the LVCC campus are complimentary.”

Vegas Loop hours

Hours depend on the type of station and change with events. From the Loop’s operating-hours calendar, as of October 2026:

• Hotel stations (Resorts World, Encore, Westgate, Fontainebleau and SAHARA): 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
• Convention center stations: open only on convention days, with event hours. The calendar showed them closed Oct. 11–18 and Oct. 24–31 and open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 or 6 p.m. Oct. 19–23. Extended hours are set for Nov. 3–6 (from 6:15 a.m., and until 11 p.m. on Nov. 6), the dates of the SEMA Show, and for Nov. 17–18 (until 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 17 and all day Nov. 18).
• Airport: offered day by day. Most October and November dates showed airport service, but Oct. 9, 13 and 19, 2026 did not.

Check the HOURS tab on the booking site before you count on a ride. After 9 p.m., the Monorail is the fallback: it runs until midnight on Mondays, 2 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday through Sunday, with some early closures in late 2026 listed in our Las Vegas Monorail guide.

Does the Vegas Loop go to the airport?

Yes, with limits. The Loop labels the service “Airport (Includes Surface Drive; Limited Availability),” so part of the trip runs on surface streets. Limited airport rides began in late December 2025, at first as drop-offs only, according to news reports, and the fully underground airport connection has no public opening date.

You can book airport rides to or from Resorts World, Westgate, the convention center and Hughes Center ($12), and SAHARA and Fontainebleau ($14). Encore can’t be booked to either terminal, so Wynn and Encore guests need a taxi or rideshare, and the campus’s Central Plaza Station can’t be booked to the airport either.

How it works, per the Loop’s FAQ:

• To the airport: arrive at any active station and scan your digital ticket.
• From the airport: buy your ticket, then press “Request Car Now” on the QR-code page once you’ve landed or collected your bags.
• Terminal 1 pickup: follow the Baggage Claim signs to ZERO Level, take the escalator or elevator directly across from Starbucks and exit the glass doors to the pickup area.
• Terminal 3 pickup: stay on ZERO Level, follow the Ground Transportation signs out Door 53 (across from Espresso Urbano), use the crosswalk with the taxi stand on your left and wait at the benches by the “Courtesy Vehicles Only” sign.

We found no Vegas Loop page on the airport’s website, so use the Loop’s directions, not the rideshare signs: Uber and Lyft pick up in the parking garages.

Loop or taxi from the airport?

The Loop charges per person, and a taxi charges per trip. All five Loop hotels sit in the taxi’s Zone 3, a flat $30.25 from the airport, or $34.25 by card once you add the $3 card fee and 3% tax (($30.25 + $3) × 1.03), as of October 2026.

• Traveling alone or as a pair: the Loop costs less. Two riders pay $24 to Resorts World or Westgate (2 × $12) and $28 to SAHARA or Fontainebleau (2 × $14).
• Three or more: the taxi wins. Three riders pay $36 or $42 on the Loop (3 × $12 or 3 × $14).
• Big bags: a taxi is simpler, because Loop luggage has to fit in the car (see the rules below).

Our guide to getting from the Las Vegas airport to the Strip has the taxi fare for every hotel and the rideshare pickup spots.

How does the Vegas Loop work?

You buy a ticket, scan it at the station and ride a Tesla through the tunnels. The rules:

• Buy ahead on vegasloop.com, which the Loop recommends, or at any station by scanning the on-site QR code. Ticket types are Single Ride, Round Trip and Day Pass.
• Ticket every rider: a ticket is required for every passenger over age 2.
• Expect a short wait, if any: the Loop says “the median Loop wait time is zero seconds,” with 1 to 3 minutes at peak while cars are dispatched, and that “you’ll nearly always enjoy the car to yourself.” Groups of three or more are guaranteed a private vehicle.
• Bring a car seat: infants and young children need one, and you supply and install it; the Loop doesn’t provide them.
• Pack light: bags must fit in the trunk, the front trunk (“frunk”) or at your feet without blocking doors or aisles.
• No eating or open drinks: spill-proof containers are fine.
• Pets can ride on a leash or harness or in a carrier, in the rear on the floor.

Is the Vegas Loop wheelchair accessible?

We couldn’t confirm it. The Loop’s website links an ADA page in its footer, but the page returned an error in October 2026, and we found no published wheelchair or accessible-vehicle policy. Contact Vegas Loop before you plan around it. The Monorail, for comparison, says it is ADA compliant, with elevators at all stations.

Where the Vegas Loop doesn’t go

The booking form has no stop downtown, at Sphere or The Venetian, or on the center or south Strip.

• Fremont Street: the Loop doesn’t go there. The 24-hour Deuce bus or a rideshare does; our guide to getting from the Strip to Fremont Street compares every option.
• Sphere: no station. See our hotels near Sphere for the closest stays.
• Center and south Strip: Bellagio, Caesars Palace, MGM Grand and their neighbors rely on walking, free trams and the Monorail. Our guide to connected hotels in Las Vegas maps the indoor routes and trams.

More stations are coming. The Boring Company’s “opening soon” list includes Virgin, the Renaissance Hotel, Hyatt Place and 4744 Paradise, by UNLV. Fox5 reported on Sept. 15, 2026 that stops from Paradise Road to Westgate and Virgin Hotels were hoped to finish before November’s F1 race, though schedules could shift.

Vegas Loop vs Monorail: which is worth it?

The two systems overlap only at SAHARA, Westgate and the convention center, so for most trips your hotel decides for you.

	Vegas Loop	Las Vegas Monorail	Taxi or rideshare
Where it goes	Convention center, five north-end hotels, limited airport rides	Seven stations from MGM Grand to SAHARA, behind the east side of the Strip	Door to door
Hours	Hotel stations 7 a.m.–9 p.m.; campus stations on convention days	From 7 a.m. until midnight, 2 a.m. or 3 a.m., by day	On demand; no street hails for taxis
Price	Free on campus; $4.75–$7.50; airport $12–$14	$5.75 online or $6.25 at the station	Airport taxis flat by zone, otherwise metered; rideshare set by the app
The ride	A Tesla, usually just your group	Trains every 4–8 minutes, about 15 minutes end to end	Your own car

Fares and hours as of October 2026.

• Take the Loop if you’re staying at one of the five Loop hotels and heading to the convention center, or moving between halls on campus.
• Take the Monorail from the center Strip, or after 9 p.m. During large conventions, trains come every 4 to 5 minutes and reach the convention center in no more than 10 minutes from anywhere on the line.
• Take a taxi or rideshare to Sphere, downtown or the center Strip from the north end, and for groups of three or more from the airport.

For CES 2027 (Jan. 6–9), CES describes Loop rides between the convention center and the five hotels as costing “a small fare,” sells discounted Monorail passes through registration and says there’s no public parking at the convention center. Our guide to hotels near the Las Vegas Convention Center shows which hotels sit closest to each hall, and Las Vegas without a car shows how the Loop fits with the trams and the Deuce. On a first trip, see our first time in Las Vegas guide.

FAQ

Is the Vegas Loop free?

Only within the Las Vegas Convention Center campus, where rides between its five stations are free (typically with your event badge during a convention). Every other ride needs a ticket: $4.75 to $7.50 between hotels and the convention center and $12 or $14 to the airport, as shown in the booking form on Oct. 13, 2026. Fares can change, so check the app.

Is the Vegas Loop open to the public?

Yes. The Boring Company runs the public stations, and anyone can buy a ticket on vegasloop.com or by scanning the QR code at a station; every rider over age 2 needs one. The exceptions are the residential stops, whose pickups may ask for a unit number or a resident’s name, and the convention center stations, which open only on convention days.

What are the Vegas Loop hours?

Hotel stations run 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, as of October 2026. Convention center stations open only on convention days, with event hours, and airport service is switched on day by day. Check the HOURS tab on vegasloop.com before you go, and use the Monorail or a rideshare after 9 p.m.

Does the Vegas Loop go to Fremont Street or the Sphere?

No. As of October 2026 the Loop has no station downtown or at Sphere, and none on the center or south Strip. For Fremont Street, take the 24-hour Deuce bus or a rideshare; for Sphere, plan on walking from a nearby resort or taking a rideshare.