Grand River Drive-In
6200 Grand River Parkway,
Leeds,
AL
35094
6200 Grand River Parkway,
Leeds,
AL
35094
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Located on I 20 next to the Outlet Shops of Grand River at Exit 140, Leeds Alabama, the Coyote Drive opened on Thursday, May 5, 2016.
This was the second location for this company. The first opened in 2013 in Fort Worth TX. The Coyote Drive-In was closed at the end of the 2018 season. It reopened on July 3, 2019 as the Grand River Drive-In.
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http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2016/05/a_users_guide_to_the_new_drive.html#incart_river_home_pop
This is a link to the al.com website with a story on the opening of this location. In the body of the article are links to drive in history in Alabama and a feature on the nine Alabama drive ins currently in operation.
Looks as if this place may be closed for good. The company did close one of their Texas drive ins and removed it from the website. The one in Fort Worth seems to be running as usual. The link for this location is still active but all it says is “Closed For The Season”. When they closed at the end of last summer, instead of staying open on weekends as they did the year before, they said it was due to drainage problems involving the outlet center.
It is possible that the work is still in progress, but you would think that they would make some effort to keep the website updated as to when and if they planned to reopen. When a drive in in the south is still closed for the season after Memorial Day that is not a good sign.
Didn’t all the equipment at this theater get auctioned off a few months ago?
I read that in a comment on the other Texas location that no longer appears on the Coyote website. Also, on the website for the Grand River Outlet Shops there is a link to all of their tenants. If you click on the link for the drive in, it says “Grand Opening July 3, 2019.” So, maybe the drainage work took longer than expected and this place will reopen. Still, you would think the theater would put that on their own website and tell their email subscribers list.
We will see what happens in a month.
AL.com reported yesterday, “Leeds’ Grand River Drive-In is planning a day of events to re-open the entertainment venue July 3. Formerly known as the Coyote, the Grand River Drive-In is just one facet of The Backyard at Grand River, a project of Hunter Lake, the developer behind the Avondale Brewing Co. and Saw’s.”
Thanks for the update. Guess the Coyote people decided this place was not worth the trouble. Or, maybe the outlet people think it might be worthwhile as a loss leader. The article mentioned a new outdoor performance area is on the way, and that there will be three drive in screens. Hopefully this new multi use set up will be a success.
Found the website for this place but it had very little information. Tried their Facebook page but it is almost incomprehensible. Boy, do they ever need a social media or publicity manager. There were recent posts announcing job openings and a new opening date to be announced soon but nothing definite. Reading through the few comments it seems this place might have opened for a week during the summer then closed again. Be interesting to get the real story about what is going on.