--- title: Las Vegas Is One of the World’s Greatest Places description: Find out why Las Vegas is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. canonical: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079265/las-vegas/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-07-20T10:33:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:50:30.678Z og:title: Las Vegas: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:description: Find out why Las Vegas is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places og:url: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079265/las-vegas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf423efaaa79c1886/698a1e0e16d884793fc39dd8/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Las-Vegas-Nevada.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Las Vegas: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Las Vegas: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Las Vegas is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf423efaaa79c1886/698a1e0e16d884793fc39dd8/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Las-Vegas-Nevada.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Las Vegas Excess and innovation by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Part of the underground tunnel during a tour of the Boring Co. Convention Center Loop in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April 2021. Part of the underground tunnel during a tour of the Boring Co. Convention Center Loop in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April 2021.Bridget Bennett—Bloomberg via Getty Images New casinos, new restaurants and an Elon Musk–developed tunnel system are among the exciting developments that are part and parcel of Las Vegas’ post-pandemic rebound. A major addition to the city’s casinos is Resorts World Las Vegas, which opened in late June and comprises three hotels, a hawker-style food court and the theater hosting Carrie Underwood’s residency. In Vegas’ west suburbs, Al Solito Posto is a newly debuted upscale-but-old-school Italian joint that serves elevated iterations of eggplant and chicken parmigiana, lasagna and, for dessert, pie-size rainbow cookies. But—despite the fanfare for other openings—it’s Musk’s innovation that is receiving the most attention. The 1.7-mile tunnel—the brainchild of Musk’s Boring Co.—opened in June to transport visitors between facilities at the city’s sprawling Convention Center. The chariots: Teslas, of course. _—Matt Villano_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079265/las-vegas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079265/las-vegas/"},"headline":"Las Vegas","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:33:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:50:30.678Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079265/las-vegas/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf423efaaa79c1886/698a1e0e16d884793fc39dd8/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Las-Vegas-Nevada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf423efaaa79c1886/698a1e0e16d884793fc39dd8/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Las-Vegas-Nevada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079265/las-vegas/","name":"Las Vegas"}}]}] ```