S8 Ep326: LAS VEGAS TUNNELS AND THE RELOCATION OF THE ATHLETICS Colleague Jeff Bliss. Jeff Bliss reports on the expansion of The Boring Company's tunnels in Las Vegas, which use Tesla cars to alleviate traffic congestion. He also discusses the Athletics baseball te
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:55.0 | I'm John Batch with my very good colleague. Jeff Bliss, his Pacific Watch. |
| 0:57.0 | And we go immediately to Las Vegas because there's future in Las Vegas. |
| 1:02.7 | And as the science fiction quote goes, future is already here. |
| 1:06.9 | It's just not evenly distributed. |
| 1:08.5 | Well, early indication hour that Las Vegas is receiving the |
| 1:13.2 | future before anyone else. Jeff, a very good day to you. The news from Las Vegas includes |
| 1:19.2 | the boring company and the hyperlink and another version of the Las Vegas to LA train. |
| 1:30.3 | So let us start with the newest new information, |
| 1:34.3 | which is they've opened the boring company's construction. |
| 1:41.3 | What is it and what does it mean for Las Vegas? Thank you, Jeff. |
| 1:45.0 | You're welcome, John. The boring company is one of the companies that's owned by Elon Musk and his team, |
| 1:53.1 | and their job is not boring as in being bothered or being, you know, blasé, but boring tunnels. And they've bored these tunnels |
| 2:02.3 | underneath Las Vegas. And these tunnels carry passengers from different parts of the city to other |
| 2:09.3 | parts of the city. And the first big one that everybody's excited about is the new airport to |
| 2:16.1 | you know, downtown almost a tunnel there. And it changes the amount of time |
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