Initially, the Wright family founded multiple family entertainment centers, including locations in Lansing, Crestwood (Wright's Hollywood Park), and Valparaiso, Indiana (Zao's Island). In 1994, the Lansing and Crestwood locations were acquired by Chris Paliga, a former manager under the Wrights. Paliga rebranded both locations as DZ's Hollywood Park. Later, in 2015, Family Entertainment Group (FEG) purchased the Crestwood location from the Paliga family. FEG then rebranded the facility as In The Game Hollywood Park, to align branding with their other FECs. This sequence of ownership changes indicates that while Wright's Barnyard and In The Game Hollywood Park originated from the same family of entertainment centers, they have operated independently under different ownership structures since the mid-1990s.
At some point in the late 1990s/early 2000s, the original Lansing location changed it's name back to Wright's Barnyard, as that was the name on the sign when it was demolished in 2007.
Reference:
- https://www.city-data.com/forum/chicago-suburbs/1246811-wrights-barnyard.html
- https://www.nwitimes.com/bygone-region-institutions-wrights-barnyard/article_0e760d58-72a0-5fdc-843b-ae7e5b40a7ac.html
- https://fegllc.com/feg-goes-hollywood-with-the-addition-of-hollywood-park-family-entertainment-center-in-crestwood-illinois
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-ad-for-wrights-barnyard/169841877/
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-ad-for-wrights-barnyard/169841877/
