{"id":409916,"date":"2026-08-18T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/409916\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:00:09","slug":"fort-worths-coyote-drive-in-closing-for-good-on-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/409916\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth&#8217;s Coyote Drive-In closing for good on Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 14 years of movies on the outdoor silver screen, <a href=\"http:\/\/cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/fort-worth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fort Worth&#8217;s <\/a>Coyote Drive-In says it&#8217;s turning off the projector for good this Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release, the theater said the permanent closure comes as the Trinity River Project reaches a major milestone; under the terms of its original lease agreement with the Tarrant Regional Water District, Coyote Drive-In said its lease would conclude once TRWD began building two new canals and a three-acre park on the property.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TRWD, the theater said, exercised its right to terminate the lease with the Panther Island milestone set to be reached in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img-4276.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"img-4276.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Coyote Drive-In<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When 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,&#8221; said Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner of Coyote Drive-In. &#8220;We 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coyote Drive-In said it has welcomed movie lovers of all ages, hosted community events, and offered the classic drive-in theater experience with modern amenities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your support made Coyote Drive-In what it became, and we will always be thankful for the role you played in our success,&#8221; Solomon added.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are encouraged to visit the theater before its final night on Monday, September 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 14 years of movies on the outdoor silver screen, Fort Worth&#8217;s Coyote Drive-In says it&#8217;s turning off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2777,116,118,117],"class_list":["post-409916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-entertainment","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\/409916","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=409916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}