Sahara Opens New Vegas Loop Station on the Strip

The Vegas Loop moves people point to point in Tesla vehicles, mostly through underground tunnels, rather than running on a fixed rail schedule like the Monorail. The Sahara station runs 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, with hours extending during major conventions.

Rides within the Las Vegas Convention Center footprint are free. Trips to stations outside that footprint, including the Strip resort stops, run on a paid fare. With Sahara now online, the system counts ten operating stations total, five inside resort properties, Sahara, Resorts World, Fontainebleau, Westgate and Encore, and five more at the Convention Center.

Sahara and Westgate are now the only two Strip resorts that offer both a Vegas Loop station and a stop on the Las Vegas Monorail on the same property. That gives guests at either hotel two separate ways to reach the Convention Center, the airport and other Strip resorts without needing a rideshare.

For a resort at the far north end of the Strip, that matters more than it would for a property in the middle of the corridor. Sahara sits a longer walk from the center of the action than Strip-facing properties near Caesars Palace or Bellagio, so a direct underground ride to the Convention Center or a connection point further south closes a real gap.

The Boring Company has a two-mile dual-tunnel extension under Paradise Road planned next, running from Westgate down to a site north of Tropicana Avenue, with future stops eyed at Virgin Hotels and other Paradise Road addresses. That segment is targeted to open around November 2026, timed to land before the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The full build-out on the books calls for 104 stations across 68 miles of tunnel, so the ten stations running today are still an early slice of the plan. If you are staying at Sahara or Westgate for an upcoming trip, the Loop is now a legitimate way to skip Strip traffic instead of a novelty you have to plan a special trip to try.