Las Vegas Monorail is a 3.9 mile (6.3 km) monorail mass transit system located next to the Las Vegas Strip, in Clark County, Nevada, USA. It connects several large casinos in the unrelated communities of Paradise and Winchester, and does not enter the Las Vegas City. Owned and operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company . By 2013, the annual number of riders is about 4.2 million, down from the peak of the Great Pre-Cessation of 7.9 million in 2007. Monorail is a registered non-profit company, permitted under Nevada law because the monorail provides public services. The state of Nevada assists in bond financing, but no public money is used in construction.
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Monorail MGM Grand-Bally
The Las Vegas Monorail initially began operating as the MGM Grand-Bally Monorail in 1995. This initial system runs between two hotels using two Mark IV monorail trains previously operated at Walt Disney World Monorail. Built though a partnership between the two hotels, the construction of the MGM-Bally system is contracted to VSL Corporation. Two trains each ran back and forth on every block, and were kept in a maintenance building near Bally station (this building still stands today, but has been decided from the beam).
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In 2002, the original system was closed to start conversion to the current Las Vegas Monorail system. The beam was extended from Bally station (now Bally & Paris station) to the north now Sahara Hotel and Casino (now SLS station). The original train was replaced with nine new Bombardier MVI monorail trains.
During testing and trials, the monorail underwent some malfunctions that delayed the commencement of passenger service for almost a year. The most serious of these problems is related to the falling part of the monorail to the ground under the rails. After many delays, the Las Vegas Monorail that has been opened to the public on July 15, 2004 with the completion and testing of "Phase 1."
On September 8, 2004, more problems with falling sections caused monorail closures for nearly four months. It reopened on 24 December 2004. A number of improvements were made to the monorail during this shutdown. Whenever a monorail system requires major engineering changes, it undergoes a long commissioning process to ensure the effectiveness and safety of the repair. Officials reported that each day the monorail lowered system costs by approximately $ 85,000 in lost rates.
Transit System Management Officials mentioned the successful handling of the crowd during the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show as evidence that the system can handle large conventions.
On February 2, 2005, the monorail system was closed due to problems with the electrical system. Reportedly, the short circuit requires replacement of the 30-foot (9.1 m) long section of the electric rail. The system reopened about 12 hours later.
In July 2005, the record was set for passengers for the monorail, with more than one million passengers. BankWest debuted under the red-branded "MoneyRail" brand, and joined Nextel Communications (now part of Sprint Nextel Corporation), Hansens Beverage, and Paramount Studios (with Star Trek themed trains) as corporate sponsors.
On July 8, 2005, Transit System Management announced that it would close, submit its responsibility to the Las Vegas Monorail Company, the system operator. Curtis Myles, former deputy general manager of the Southern Nevada Regional Transport Commission, became President of the Las Vegas Monorail Company. He performed his duties on July 18, 2005.
The expansion plan took a step forward on 1 November 2005, when the District Commission approved the study to the feasibility of extension of the airport.
On June 6, 2006, the Las Vegas Monorail Corporation announced that monorail revenue increased nearly 16% from a year earlier to $ 3,250,565 in April 2006. Similarly, passengers also increased, from 563,823 riders in January 2006 to 704,527 in April 2006. New ticket distribution and marketing efforts have been implemented to continue the trend, including ticket broker programs that provide convention participants with previous monorail tickets and national public relations programs.
On January 13, 2010, the Las Vegas Monorail filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Archiving will not affect system operation and will not impact the operating hours or monorail services to its customers.
On March 11, 2011, the Sahara Hotel and Casino announced that it will close its doors May 16, 2011. The Sahara Closure has been named as one of the significant reasons for the decrease of passengers by 2012. In 2014, a new hotel casino, SLS Las Vegas takes over Saharan, and passengers increased from the 2012 level.
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Operation
The monorail (Phase 1 of the entire project) starts at the MGM Grand Hotel near the southern end of The Strip, and runs approximately parallel to the Strip on its east side. The monorail passes next to the Convention Center and Las Vegas Hotel & amp; Casino, both with station, before ending at the former location of the Sahara Hotel on the north end of the Strip. The journey takes about fifteen minutes to cover a total distance of 3.9 miles (6.3 km).
The monorail generally runs behind the hotel and casino edge of the east strip, a long block from the Strip. Usually, it takes a walk through the casino to get to the Strip, appearing on the Strip in front of the property. The lack of direct presence on the Strip along with ticket prices has been a factor in the rather slow monorail reception.
System name and sponsorship
The Las Vegas Monorail was named the Robert N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail in honor of Robert N. Broadbent, who was rewarded by Las Vegas officials with the support of the public and officials required to bring the monorail to fruition. Broadbent, a former mayor of Boulder City, Clark County commissioner, assistant secretary of the US Department of State, and director of McCarran International Airport, died in 2003, months before the system's opening schedule. The Las Vegas Monorail Company is the name of the company's authorized company.
The Las Vegas Monorail was formerly known as the MGM Grand-Bally Monorail.
The Las Vegas monorail generates revenue from ticketed passengers and corporate sponsors. The brand rights for seven stations and nine trains are available, and the price of sponsorship is millions of dollars. Hansens Beverage sponsors the first monorail train, featuring a drink of Monster Energy. Nextel Communications created a truly themed pavilion by marking the largest station, adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Since the Sprint-Nextel Merger at the end of 2005, Nextel Central has been renamed Sprint Central. However, at the end of February 2008, Sprint Nextel Corporation ended its sponsorship contract.
Construction and planning
Las Vegas Monorail designed by Gensler of Nevada, engineered by Carter & amp; Burgess (now Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.) and built by Granite Construction, Inc. from Watsonville, California, one of the largest civil contractors in the United States.
Las Vegas Monorail signal systems and systems developed by Bombardier Transportation. The technology for monorail vehicles comes directly from a proven monorail system that runs on Walt Disney World. Bombardier built the Mark VI Monorail train for the Walt Disney World Monorail System and for Las Vegas.
Station
Registered stations from north to south:
- SLS
- Westgate
- Convention Center
- Harrah & amp; The Linq
- Flamingo & amp; Caesars Palace
- Bally & amp; Paris
- MGM Grand
Train
The monorail uses nine Bombardier MVI trains that have four cars on each of the automatic trains. This dividing line is built with the standard track "ALWEG". For the first seven years, the line only runs as a MGM Shuttle, between MGM and Bally stations. During this time, two former Walt Disney World Mark IV monorail trains were used. Although Las Vegas and related train equipment seem very similar to the original ALWEG design (as exemplified by the Seattle system), their suspension and propulsion systems differ substantially. The Seattle train may run from end to end which is not possible on a Las Vegas or Florida train. The Mark VI ALWEG system used in Las Vegas Monorail consists of two inline large truck tires per car that support loads above the concrete guideway with rectangular cross section and eight guide tires that straddle the guideway from both sides. The total capacity of the four-car train is roughly equivalent to two trailer buses on 80 seated passengers and 160 passengers. The maximum speed is 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), although the speed is only achieved for one short straight line segment.
All trains in the system have available advertising and branding opportunities. By selling advertisements and branding rights to trains, the system generates additional revenue.
Extensions
Go to Downtown Las Vegas
Phase 2, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) long extension along Main Street to Downtown Las Vegas is planned, with new stations at Stratosphere Hotel, Charleston Boulevard, Bonneville Avenue and Main Street Station. Construction is planned to commence in 2005 with service beginning in 2008. However, anticipated funding from the federal government was not allocated in 2004, so the plan was suspended. On January 27, 2005, the federal government announced that they would not give money for a $ 400 million project.
The plan was to open the system in January 2004, and to cover it for debt and operating costs by attracting 19 to 20 million riders. Because the system is not only delayed in the opening, but then closed for four months, revenue is not as great as expected by the organizers. This is reportedly a contributing factor to the government's refusal of Phase 2 funding.
Southern Extension
Phase 2 was revised to expand the monorail system in the reverse direction, south of MGM Grand Station to McCarran International Airport. Providing monorail services to the airport has become an unpopular idea with limousine operators and taxis in the city, as travel to and from the airport forms the majority of their business. Some hotel owners and casinos on the Strip continue to support the project, and further support an extension to the airport than to downtown Las Vegas.
On December 7, 2006, Clark County commissioners granted permission for the proposed extension to McCarran Airport. Funding has not been identified.
On September 9, 2008, the monorail company provided details of the proposed extension to the board members of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors' Authority. The extension of the intended airport will begin at the new Terminal 3, with the first stop near Terminal 1, turn north on Swenson Street, then continue west on Tropicana Avenue before turning north on Koval Lane to meet the system behind the MGM Grand. The route is proposed to be built with personal funds and will add about four miles to the existing route, doubling the length of the system.
When the monorail company first announced details of the extension in September 2008, the airport expansion will be built with private funds and is expected to be built in 2012. However, in March 2011, the Las Vegas Monorail Company is still in the planning. the proposed extension stage to McCarran International Airport with a proposal to stop at the UNLV campus.
The monorail company announced in May 2015 that it proposed an expansion into Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and a filling station at Sands Expo & Convention Center. Furthermore, the Southern Nevada Regional Transport Commission announced that a new subway system under the Las Vegas Strip, which will connect Downtown Las Vegas with the airport, is in a long-term planning phase.
Mandalay Bay Extensions
In March 2018, Clark County Commission approved a proposed extension to Mandalay Bay, placing the monorail closer to the soon-to-be-built Las Vegas Stadium. The monorail company plans to begin construction of the expansion in June 2018 and was completed in September 2020 - in time for the completion of the stadium and the opening season of the Las Vegas Raiders in Las Vegas.
See also
- List of monorail systems
- List of rail transit systems in North America
References
External links
- Official website
- Robert N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail, Nevada at Monorails.org
- Driver Graphic 2005-2006
- Train transit map in Las Vegas (scaled)
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