“The casinos are going to hire 10,000 people in the Commonwealth and the college said, 'Let’s start training people for those jobs,'” said Paul Robillard, an instructor at the school’s newly-opened casino lab.Ĭertified by the state gaming commission, the lab houses tables for poker, roulette, craps and blackjack. About a dozen students watch as Robillard demonstrates the finer points of dealing cards. Yet deep inside what was once an Old Navy store, Bristol Community College is betting big on the promise of another industry: casinos.
At the Silver City Galleria in Taunton, retail has been a losing game.
