<P> The Coyote Ugly Saloon is an American drinking establishment and the namesake of an international chain of bars . It served as the setting for the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly . </P> <P> The original Coyote Ugly Saloon opened January 27, 1993, in New York City, after New York University alumna Liliana Lovell declined an internship on Wall Street for a career as a bartender . </P> <P> In 2001, the second Coyote Ugly Saloon opened in Las Vegas at the New York - New York Hotel & Casino, as a franchise operation . In 2002, a new company - owned bar opened in New Orleans' French Quarter . In 2003, Lovell relocated from New York City to New Orleans to run the bar and be involved in the day - to - day corporate operations of the company from there . </P>

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