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City Rejects Waterfront Hotel and Casino Proposal

ANTIOCH, CA-The Antioch City Council this week rejected a 200-room luxury hotel and Las Vegas-style gambling casino proposed for the city's 10.5-acre waterfront property located between Fulton Shipyard and Roger's Point.

By Becky Bergman | Updated on March 01, 2001

ANTIOCH, CA-The Antioch City Council has rejected a plan this week that would bring a luxury hotel and casino to the city’s waterfront area. Al Cianfichi and his partner Paul Shea were hoping to gain approvals for a 200-room, five-star hotel and a Las Vegas-style gambling room on 10.5 acres the city owns between Fulton Shipyard and Roger’s Point.

Prior to the decision, both Cianfichi and Shea told council members the project would have become a stop on a San Francisco-Yosemite-Los Angeles tour circuit with the tour company’s Asian clientele, a group he predicts would bring untold riches to the city’s coffers. Cianfichi reportedly went so far as to say there would be so much money city bean counters would be unable to count it — they would have to weigh it.

The city council couldn’t see the dollar signs so well. They rejected the plan 4-to-1, saying it was not right for the city. One council member reportedly said a casino plan was not the type of business a growing city such as Antioch should be looking to bring. Councilman Arne Simonsen cast the lone dissenting vote, saying the city should at least keep its options open.

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