It connects several large casinos in the unincorporated communities of Paradise and Winchester just south of Las Vegas city limits.

Built at a cost of $650 million,[5] it was privately owned and operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company until their 2020 bankruptcy.

During testing and commissioning, the monorail suffered several malfunctions that delayed the start of passenger service for almost a year.

[12] After many delays, the finished Las Vegas Monorail opened to the public on July 15, 2004 with the completion and testing of "Phase 1".

Each time the monorail system required major engineering changes, it underwent a lengthy "commissioning" process to confirm the effectiveness and safety of the repairs.

Curtis Myles, a former deputy general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, became President of the Las Vegas Monorail Company.

Broadbent, a former Boulder City mayor, Clark County commissioner, assistant secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and McCarran International Airport director, died in 2003, a few months before the system's scheduled opening.

[21] Nextel Communications created a totally themed pavilion by branding the largest station, adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

[citation needed] The Las Vegas Monorail was designed by Gensler of Nevada, engineered by Las Vegas-based Carter & Burgess (now Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.) and constructed by Granite Construction, Inc. of Watsonville, California, one of the largest civil contractors in the United States.

Stations listed from north to south: The monorail uses nine fully automatic Bombardier MVI trains, each consisting of four cars.

The ALWEG Mark VI system used in Las Vegas Monorail consists of two inline large truck tires per car that support the load over the concrete guideway with a rectangular cross section and eight guide tires that straddle the guideway from both sides.

[29] The total capacity of the four-car trains is roughly equivalent to two articulated buses at 80 seated and 160 standing passengers.

[citation needed] The plan was to open the system in January 2004 and for it to cover its debts and operating expenses by attracting 19 to 20 million riders.

[citation needed] Phase 2 was revised to instead extend the monorail system south from the MGM Grand Station to Harry Reid International Airport.

[33] On December 7, 2006, Clark County commissioners granted permission for the proposed extension to Harry Reid Airport.

[34] On September 9, 2008, the monorail company provided details of the proposed expansion to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board.

[36] The monorail company announced in May 2015 that it is proposing instead an extension to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and an infill station at the Sands Expo & Convention Center.

[37] In March 2018, the Clark County Commission approved a proposed extension to Mandalay Bay, putting the monorail closer to Allegiant Stadium.