{"id":409464,"date":"2026-08-18T03:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/409464\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T03:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:54:13","slug":"fort-worths-coyote-drive-in-to-close-permanently-on-sept-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/409464\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth\u2019s Coyote Drive-In to close permanently on Sept. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new Coyote Drive-in in Fort Worth on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, showing “Star Trek Into Darkness”. (Star-Telegram\/Joyce Marshall)<\/p>\n

Joyce Marshall<\/p>\n

Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Fort Worth mainstay that has hosted a bull riding TV show<\/a> and given solace to pandemic-weary North Texans<\/a> as Panther Island\u2019s development plans loomed in the background \u2014 and soon, it will screen its last flick.<\/p>\n

After 14 years, Fort Worth\u2019s Coyote Drive-In movie theater will close on Labor Day, Sept. 7, according to an Aug. 17 press release.<\/p>\n

The closure comes as the Trinity River Water District eyes beginning construction on Panther\u2019s long-awaited canals and park this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we opened Coyote Drive-In, we hoped to create more than just a place to watch movies; we wanted to create a place where families and friends could come together and make lasting memories,\u201d said Glenn Solomon, a managing partner of the theater, in a press release. \u201cWe have been incredibly fortunate to be part of the Fort Worth community and the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, and we are deeply grateful to the hundreds of thousands of guests who chose to spend their evenings with us over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Julian Julian Dominguez, 6, left, Bryleigh Brown, 3, center, and Brooklyn Brown, 5, sit in the back of a pickup in their pajamas to watch a movie with their family at Coyote Drive-In movie theater on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

The theater has hosted a Jimmy Buffett concert, a high school graduation, an outdoor ice skating rink, and Fourth of July festivities, along with its nightly fare.<\/p>\n

\"Jimmy Jimmy Buffett performs at the Coyote Drive-In Thursday June 19, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. The event is being broadcast nationally to over 80 other drive-ins across the country. (Star-Telegram\/Ron Jenkins) Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram <\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the theater initially closed, but reopened a few months later.<\/p>\n

The theater did not announce farewell plans on Aug. 17, but encouraged Fort Worthians to \u201cenjoy one last movie under the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Emily Holshouser<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Emily Holshouser is a local news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new Coyote Drive-in in Fort Worth on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, showing “Star Trek Into Darkness”. (Star-Telegram\/Joyce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-409464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}