Coyote Ugly Saloon

[1] In 2001, the second Coyote Ugly location opened, at the Las Vegas Strip's New York-New York Hotel and Casino, with management franchising the operation.

In 2003, Lovell relocated from New York City to New Orleans to run that bar and be involved in the day-to-day corporate operations.

In 2004, the company opened additional corporate-owned locations in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, as well as Nashville, Tennessee.

The bar reached national prominence in 1997 when former bartender Elizabeth Gilbert wrote of her experiences in an article for GQ magazine, titled "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon".

The first two seasons saw a group of prospective employees paired with a serving Coyote in the hope of getting a job at the bar and a cash sum for them and their partner.