Las Vegas: Monorails
Several Strip properties are connected by means of free monorail services. Such systems link Excalibur with Mandalay Bay via Luxor ; the MGM Grand with Bally's; Bellagio with the Monte Carlo ; and the Mirage with Treasure Island .There has long been talk of constructing a single light-rail system that would not only run the length of the Strip but also extend as far as downtown. All such plans were traditionally stymied by the refusal of the Desert Inn 's management to allow it to pass over their property, but now the project has finally got the go-ahead. It's not, however, due for completion until 2006, at which time it's envisaged there will be two separate lines, one from the MGM Grand to the Sahara , and another from the Sahara to downtown.
For the moment, however, the four existing segments do not meet up. Neither do they make much of a model of public transit. Designed to serve the needs of the casinos rather than the visitors, most can only be reached by walking through the whole of the relevant casinos
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