Betting on jobs: Employment impacts central to New Bedford casino debate

Bill Berardi said students in Bristol Community College’s new hospitality program soon could be dealing cards at a nearly completed “casino lab” at BCC’s Fall River campus, as the business dean tries to catch a wave of gaming industry jobs that’s rising across the region and could affect New Bedford’s citywide casino vote this month. “For the fall, we hope to have several classes running,” said Berardi, dean of business and information management for the BCC system.