[hathym]

but what created that loop in the first place?

[tsimionescu]

There isn't a logical rule that says everything must have a beginning.

For example, do you think it's necessary to ask what created the natural numbers? When did they begin existing?

[layer8]

That question makes as much sense as asking “but what will be destroying the loop?”.

[scollet]

It's possible that there never was a first place.