A proposed underground tunnel from Ball Arena has been named a finalist in a contest run by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company.
The Denver project this month was highlighted as one of the 16 finalists selected from 487 entries in the “Tunnel Vision” contest, according to a post on The Boring Company’s official X account. The winning entry will be named on March 23 and will get its tunnel built for free.
“We are excited and honored to be a Tunnel Vision finalist and thank The Boring Company for the opportunity,” Jim Mulvihill, a spokesman for Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, told The Denver Gazette in an email.
The proposal was for a 330-foot pedestrian tunnel that would connect Ball Arena — home to the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche — to the nearby Regional Transportation District light rail station. Currently, the line is connected via a pedestrian bridge over the train tracks, he said…