Public details about the Morgan’s Inclusion Tunnel remain limited: its cost, funding source and completion schedule have not been disclosed. The San Antonio Express-News reports that work is underway and that the project is The Boring Company’s first in Bexar County. Frank Guerra, Morgan’s chief marketing officer, said the tunnel is intended to make travel around the campus easier but declined to provide further details, the newspaper reported.
The proposed route and its status
Permit plans, as reported by the San Antonio Express-News, describe a 13.5-foot outer-diameter tunnel linking Morgan’s Hotel, a 93-room property about a mile from the theme park, with Morgan’s Multi-Assistance Center and Morgan’s Wonder Care. The route would run toward an area southeast of Toyota Field, beneath parts of David Edwards Drive, Quarry Park and Buzzi Way. The plans identify 12 public or private sections along the route.
Tesla vehicles are expected to carry passengers through the tunnel, the Express-News reported. That is a plan, not an operating service. The project’s cost and payment arrangements have not been made public. The newspaper also reported that the city had not commented or responded to a public-records request submitted in early August.
The campus the tunnel would serve
Morgan’s Hotel is being developed as an accessible lodging option. A report by My Neighborhood News describes planned voice-activated rooms and AI-powered concierge services. The tunnel’s other named destinations serve families seeking programs and services at the Multi-Assistance Center and care for children and young adults with complex medical needs at Wonder Care, according to the Express-News.
Accessible transit options
VIA Metropolitan Transit describes VIAtrans as a shared-ride, curb-to-curb service for people whose disability prevents them from riding the bus some or all of the time; it operates on the same days and in the same areas as VIA buses. VIA says eligibility is based on a person’s functional ability to use regular city bus service, in keeping with ADA criteria.
A different outcome from an earlier proposal
The company previously proposed a separate tunnel linking San Antonio International Airport and downtown. In 2022, the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority voted to negotiate an agreement for a project estimated to cost $247 million to $289 million and projected to carry as many as 112,000 passengers a day, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The company offered $15 million toward the project, which was forecast to generate up to $25 million in annual revenue for the authority.
That airport proposal did not advance. The San Antonio Report reported that the company stopped communicating with the authority and did not return a draft development agreement; Bexar County later considered the project effectively dead. The Morgan’s project has reached construction, but its financial terms and schedule remain unknown.
Services on the campus—and a comparison
Morgan’s MAC says each member is connected with a Navigator to help guide them through available services and programs. Morgan’s says Wonder Care is designed for children and young adults with complex needs who require skilled nursing support during the daytime. These destinations, alongside the hotel, reflect the campus’s mix of lodging, assistance and care. Morgan’s MAC and Morgan’s Wonder Care describe those services. A separate Boring Company system in Las Vegas has operated since spring 2021. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that company President Steve Davis said about 3.5 million people had ridden the Vegas Loop since it opened. That reported ridership does not establish the San Antonio project’s fares, capacity or operating arrangements.
Morgan’s proposal was submitted through The Boring Company’s Tunnel Vision Challenge. The company selected Dallas, New Orleans and Baltimore as contest winners, while saying it would continue working toward projects in San Antonio and Hendersonville. Morgan’s was among nearly 500 submissions and one of two proposals that did not win but that the company still intended to pursue, the San Antonio Report said.
