{"id":414035,"date":"2026-08-22T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414035\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:30:09","slug":"coyote-drive-in-fort-worth-closing-permanently-after-14-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414035\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote Drive-In Fort Worth Closing Permanently After 14 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

A longtime Fort Worth entertainment venue is preparing to close its gates, giving moviegoers a final opportunity to experience Coyote Drive-In before its 14-year run comes to an end.<\/p>\n

The drive-in will operate<\/a> through Labor Day, with its last movie scheduled for Monday, September 7. Coyote Drive-In opened in 2012 and became a destination for families and movie fans looking for an outdoor alternative to traditional theaters.<\/p>\n

Planned Construction Will End Drive-In\u2019s Run<\/p>\n

The theater\u2019s closure is connected to planned development on the property as part of Fort Worth\u2019s Trinity River Vision project.<\/p>\n

The Tarrant Regional Water District plans to begin construction this fall on two canals and a three-acre park at the site. Under the terms of Coyote Drive-In\u2019s lease, the district had the right to end the agreement when construction on the project was set to begin.<\/p>\n

The water district has now exercised that provision, bringing the drive-in\u2019s run at the location to an end.<\/p>\n

Coyote Drive-In Reflects On Its Legacy<\/p>\n

Glenn Solomon, managing partner of Coyote Drive-In Fort Worth, said the venue was created with the goal of providing a place where people could gather and spend time together.<\/p>\n

Besides screening movies, Coyote has also served<\/a> as a meeting space for corporate events, birthday parties, and other special occasions under its covered outdoor cantina.\u00a0 The pet-friendly 20-acre venue includes a children\u2019s playground, a variety of outdoor games for all to enjoy, live music on weekends, and a canteen offering fresh-made pizzas, cheeseburgers hot off the grill, Wagyu sliders, gourmet popcorn, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and much more.<\/p>\n

Solomon expressed<\/a> gratitude to the hundreds of thousands of people who visited the drive-in over the years, as well as its employees, business partners, and supporters throughout the Fort Worth area.<\/p>\n

The theater also credited General Manager Chris Fortune, who has worked at Coyote Drive-In since its opening. Solomon described Fortune as an important part of the venue\u2019s history and credited his leadership with helping establish the drive-in as a community destination.<\/p>\n

With its final night approaching, Coyote Drive-In is inviting customers to return for one last movie beneath the North Texas sky before the venue closes permanently on September 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A longtime Fort Worth entertainment venue is preparing to close its gates, giving moviegoers a final opportunity to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[143006,116,118,117,143888,13196,144382],"class_list":["post-414035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-coyote-drive-in","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-labor-day","tag-tarrant-regional-water-district","tag-trinity-river-vision-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414035","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=414035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}