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Tropicana Las Vegas Closing Tuesday to Make Way for a Baseball Stadium

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The famous Tropicana Las Vegas resort, which held the city’s longest-running cabaret and was known for its lavish midcentury décor, will close on Tuesday as it prepares for demolition to make way for a new Major League Baseball stadium. Last summer, the governor of Nevada signed a bill agreeing to finance up to $380 million of the $1.5

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The Boring Company starts negotiations for San Antonio, Texas Loop

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The decision seemed to depend on finances. The Board has continually sought innovative ways to finance transportation projects to ensure a bright future for the community in a way that bridges technology and accelerates the delivery of needed projects. Both companies presented their proposals to the Alamo RMA.

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The Boring Co. becomes finalist for San Antonio, Texas transport project

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TBC would self-finance the project before turning it over to the board. San Antonio Express-News suggested that Elon Musk’s tunneling company aimed to generate income from the project by operating the loop, similar to its deal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) with the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop. .

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The Boring Company raises $675M to scale boring machine production & more

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The financing values The Boring Company at $5.675 billion. The Boring Company has a fully functioning tunnel system in Sin City called the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop. TBC is also working on the Vegas Loop in Las Vegas. link] — The Boring Company (@boringcompany) April 21, 2022.

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CoBank report suggests self-driving vehicles could easily overwhelm current data center market

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Las Vegas announced that starting this year, it will allow Lyft and Motional to deploy a limited fleet of self-driving, driverless taxis with a full-fledged commercial launch slated for 2023. However, some local jurisdictions are beginning to allow limited use of self-driving technologies for ride share services.

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Kia has its first customer for its funky Duplo-like EV: Uber

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Kia just launched the new Platform Beyond Vehicles (PBV) at CES in Las Vegas, all built on a flexible vehicle architecture with bodies that you can swap out, Duplo-like, depending on your need. Does this deal mean than Uber will help with the financing of these Kia modu-mobiles?

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Mercedes-Benz Vans invests in Starship Technologies, leading manufacturer of delivery robots; furthering the mothership concept

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million) financing round (convertible note). As the two companies recently announced at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, initial pilot tests for this combination of van and robot are planned for Europe. As lead investor, Mercedes-Benz Vans participates in the €16.5-million million (US$17.6-million)

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