Director Of Beverage Operations

Ryan Coppola is the Director of Beverage Operations for Caesars, Bally’s and Showboat in Atlantic City, NJ.  

Ryan started in the business at the age of 17. His first job was taking out the garbage at a bar in Orlando, FL called Wild Bill’s.  Ryan worked his way up to Assistant Manager.  He recalls the jobs of Barback and Bartender where he learned all the skills he needed to succeed in the business.   Ryan  also credits his young bosses along the way for their mentoring.  

Originally from Los Angles, Ryan has worked in Chicago, LA, NY and Orlando running nightclubs.  Wanting more, he looked for a change in a bigger business.  As fate would have it, Ryan ran into a recruiter for Caesars who said he had a job for him in Vegas.  As time went on it turned out the job would in fact be in Atlantic City, NJ.  Ryan’s response “where’s AC?” 

Ryan came to Atlantic City with Showboat in July of 2007 as head of Food & Beverage, a new position within the company at the time.  At Showboat Ryan inherited House of Blues.  He booked acts inside the House of Blues and turned the Foundation Room into a Members Only Club.  It became the premier lounge on the East Coast as well as the 10th largest music venue in the world.  Ryan had successfully tripled its revenue.  He had gone from a multi million dollar business to a multi billion with 40 properties owned by the Caesars group.

BARTENDER Magazine truly believes “All I  really need to know I learned Bartending”. Now 28, that knowledge as well as Ryan’s hard work was a gamble well worth taking in AC!