LVCVA to Buy Las Vegas Monorail, Bankruptcy in the Mix

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LVCVA to Buy Las Vegas Monorail, Bankruptcy in the Mix

If it went from the airport, down the "center" of the strip, and then on to downtown, it would have been a winner.  Virtually no one walks from a casino which is across the street to this thing, so that rules out half of the riders.  It was obvious loser from the beginning.

I think that was the original plan but the taxi cabs made sure it didn't happen.    That was before they got the rug taken out from under  them by Uber and Lyft

I've said all along it would be great if they closed Las Vegas Blvd to traffic and had a rail go from the airport to downtown.   The monorail is convenient for people staying at the Westgate ...and nowhere else.

The unknown variable is what becomes of Elon Musks train-tunnel experiment at the convention center.

PJ, I fully agree with you comments regarding the previous clout of the taxi drivers and the concept of a pedestrian only strip.  That concept would be magnificently successful if the rail ran directly above or preferrably below Las Vegas Blvd.

One thing within the article that confuses me is the agreed upon non-compete with the rail system.  Who is agreeing to this?  The convention center and who, and is it even enforceable?  I would love to see Musk do his sytem underground from the airport, down the center of the strip, and then finally to downtown.  Downtown would boom, which would dramatically change my favorate part of Vegas, however. 

From Sunday's Review Journal:

The purchase was less because the convention authority wanted to run a train and more because of a special clause included in its franchise agreement that blocks other multi-stop transportation systems on most of the east side of the Strip. By dissolving that noncompete clause, new technologies such as The Boring Co.’s underground people movers will be free to start providing transportation to resorts, attractions such as the Allegiant Stadium and maybe even McCarran International Airport, all without having to take up an inch of surface-level right-of-way or intrude upon airline height restrictions.

I don't understand why this benefits the LV Convention center.  They will lose money every day the tram operates, and how are they damaged if Musk builds a great center strip subway?

The only thing that I can see is they want to sell the rights to Musk.

There's speculation as to if they will even run the monorail again. 

But you're right, there seems to be a missing link.  Sure this removes the hurdle for another transit system but what's in it for the vistor's and convention bureau?