Recently closed Texas drive-in theater may not be dead after all – Chron

Recently closed Texas drive-in theater may not be dead after all  Chron

After closing down on Labor Day weekend, this beloved North Texas drive-in theater may not be dead after all. The Coyote Drive-In theater in Fort Worth, beloved for its backdrop of the city's skyline, showed its final screening on Sept. 7, after announcing it would close after 14 years of operation. The theater's shuttering was to make way for a new canal and park system, among other redevelopment plans. The theater, one of the state's last operating drive-ins, was a community fixture, drawing many touching tributes and calls to reopen at a different location. Now, it looks like that may happen. On Sept. 11, 4 days after its final showing, the official drive-in Facebook page made a post updating patrons, indicating that a Coyote comeback may be in the works.

"It's only been a few days, but we miss all of you so much already," the Facebook post reads. "We are cleaning up, a lot more work left to be done to make this coyote howl again. With Love Coyote" The replies are filled with suggestions of where the drive-in should move, with most hoping it will stay in Fort Worth and try to capture some of the magic that made it so beloved. The drive-in's website, which is still operating, was also updated, telling fans, "Our screens are now