Las Vegas tourism chief talks monorail’s future, another Super Bowl and convention attendance

Saturday, January 4, 2025 10:55 AM
  • Ray Brewer, Las Vegas Sun

The Las Vegas Monorail has been transporting passengers in the Resort Corridor for the past two decades.

The 3.9-mile system stops seven times between the Sahara and MGM Grand. It carries an average of about 10,000 daily passengers to conventions, sporting events, shows and more without clogging traffic on the Strip.

The system’s lifespan has about eight to 10 years remaining, said Steve Hill, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, in a wide-ranging interview with the Sun.

Hill points to late November when four of nine monorail trains were temporarily grounded with the system running around the clock during the Formula One race weekend.