ZGL Theatres/2025 Zachary & Meredith Bortz's Make Ways

The 2025 Zachary & Meredith Bortz's Make Ways are events relating to ZGL Theatres, an American movie theater chain based on the animated sitcom Zachary, Grace and Lexia.
This event will close the remaining locations in the chain leading up to its disestablishment.
==Premise==
On May 6, 2024, the chain announced that starting from May 2024 to June 2025, they would close at least one location a month to make way for the Zachary & Meredith Bortz's locations replacing them.
On May 13, 2024, the chain announced that they had extended the make way closings by a month to July 2025. They also announced that they would go defunct on July 8, 2025, just one day after the last three locations in Amherst, New York, Burlington, New Jersey and Johnstown, Pennsylvania close and have Stick Feline Games move back into their old headquarters. Closing dates for the remaining locations, including upcoming ones, would be announced later in the week.
==Closing announcements==
On May 6, 2024, it was announced that the Ocean Springs, Mississippi location would close on May 12 followed by the Odessa, Delaware location on June 9.
The rest of the closing dates were announced on May 13-17, 2024.
===May 13 announcement===
The last three locations were set to close on July 7, 2025, causing the chain to close their headquarters the following day:
*Amherst, New York
*Burlington, New Jersey
*Johnstown, Pennsylvania
===May 14 announcement===
Three locations were set to close on June 30, 2024:
*Laurel, Maryland
*Madison, Wisconsin
*Roanoke, Virginia
The Lansing, Michigan location was set to close on July 7, 2024.
The Durham, North Carolina location was set to close on July 14, 2024.
The Downingtown, Pennsylvania location was set to close on July 21, 2024.
Two locations were set to close on July 28, 2024:
*Clearwater, Florida
*Lima, Ohio
The Florence, South Carolina location was set to close on August 4, 2024.
Three locations were set to close on August 11, 2024:
*Bossier City, Louisiana
*Montgomery, Alabama
*Naples, Florida
===May 15 announcement===
Two locations were set to close on August 18, 2024:
*Burlington, Massachusetts
*Silver Spring, Maryland
Three locations were set to close on August 25, 2024:
*Gaithersburg, Maryland
*Lincoln, Nebraska
*Wilmington, North Carolina
The Baltimore, Maryland location was set to close on September 1, 2024.
Two locations were set to close on September 8, 2024:
*Jackson, Mississippi
*Honolulu, Hawaii
Three locations were set to close on September 15, 2024:
*Annapolis, Maryland
*Tampa, Florida
*Topeka, Kansas
The Lynnwood, Washington location was set to close on September 22, 2024.
Three locations were set to close on September 29, 2024:
*Batavia, Illinois
*Methuen, Massachusetts
*Spokane, Washington
The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania location was set to close on October 6, 2024.
The Erie, Pennsylvania location was set to close on October 13, 2024.
Three locations were set to close on October 20, 2024:
*Fairfield, California
*Fredericksburg, Virginia
*Wilmington, Delaware
The Sacramento, California location was set to close on October 27, 2024.
Two locations were set to close on November 3, 2024:
*El Monte, California
*Grand Junction, Colorado
Three locations were set to close on November 10, 2024:
*Long Beach, California
*Natick, Massachusetts
*Vernon Hills, Illinois
===May 16 announcement===
Two locations were set to close on December 1, 2024:
*Brooklyn, New York
*North Bergen, New Jersey
The San Bruno, California location was set to close on December 8, 2024.
The Columbus, Indiana location was set to close on December 15, 2024.
Three locations were set to close on December 22, 2024:
*Frederick, Maryland
*Springfield, Ohio
*West Des Moines, Iowa
Six locations were set to close on December 29, 2024:
*Charleston, South Carolina
*Columbia, Missouri
*Fort Collins, Colorado
*Jacksonville, North Carolina
*Mansfield, Ohio
*San Bernardino, California
The Waco, Texas location was set to close on January 5, 2025.
Two locations were set to close on January 12, 2025:
*Danvers, Massachusetts
*Fort Myers, Florida
The Matteson, Illinois location was set to close on January 19, 2025.
Three locations were set to close on January 26, 2025:
*Diamond Bar, California
*Harlem, New York
*Springfield, Massachusetts
The Bridgewater, New Jersey location was set to close on February 2, 2025.
Four locations were set to close on February 9, 2025:
*Allen, Texas
*Appleton, Wisconsin
*Lancaster, Pennsylvania
*Muskegon, Michigan
Three locations were set to close on February 16, 2025:
*Layton, Utah
*New Hartford, New York
*Rochester, Minnesota
The Akron, Ohio location was set to close on February 23, 2025.
The Northridge, California location was set to close on March 2, 2025.
The Grand Chute, Wisconsin location was set to close on March 9, 2025.
The Waterbury, Connecticut location was set to close on March 16, 2025.
The Springfield, Missouri location was set to close on March 23, 2025.
The Buford, Georgia location was set to close on March 30, 2025.
The Los Angeles, California location was set to close on April 6, 2025.
The San Jose, California location was set to close on May 25, 2025.
Six locations were set to close on June 2, 2025:
*Austin, Texas
*Columbus, Ohio
*Indianapolis, Indiana
*Miami, Florida
*Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
===May 17 announcement===
Thirty-five locations were set to close on June 9, 2025:
*Albany, New York
*Arlington, Virginia
*Bremerton, Washington
*Canyon City, Oregon
*Cashion Community, Texas
*Clifton, Arizona
*DeLand, Florida
*Erwin, Tennessee
*Grafton, North Dakota
*Hyde Park, Utah
*Indian Trail, North Carolina
*Juneau, Alaska
*Kingston, Massachusetts
*Lebanon, Pennsylvania
*Little Creek, Delaware
*Manhattan, Kansas
*Mardela Springs, Maryland
*Newington, New Hampshire
*New Ellenton, South Carolina
*Ocean City, New Jersey
*Opal, Wyoming
*Rockland, Maine
*Salem, Indiana
*Salina, Colorado
*Santa Fe, New Mexico
*Sioux City, Iowa
*Sparks, Nevada
*Torrington, Connecticut
*Troy, Missouri
*Valyermo, California
*Waco, Georgia
*Wessington Springs, South Dakota
*Yorkville, Illinois
*Youngsville, Louisiana
*Zinc, Arkansas
Twenty locations were set to close on June 16, 2025:
*Ansonia, Connecticut
*Atlantic City, New Jersey
*Bar Harbor, Maine
*Cornwall, New York
*Dallas, Oregon
*Grantsville, Maryland
*Hershey, Pennsylvania
*Holbrook, Arizona
*Jefferson City, Missouri
*Lake City, Florida
*Little Mountain, South Carolina
*McGrath, Alaska
*Milo, Iowa
*Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
*Salem, Massachusetts
*Silver City, New Mexico
*Townsend, Delaware
*Woodland Hills, California
*Wrens, Georgia
*Yuma, Colorado
Eleven locations were set to close on June 23, 2025:
*Avalon, New Jersey
*Bernalillo, New Mexico
*Columbia City, Oregon
*Danbury, Connecticut
*Glen Cove, New York
*Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
*North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
*Orange City, Florida
*Reeds Spring, Missouri
*Santa Monica, California
*South Portland, Maine
Six locations were set to close on June 30, 2025:
*Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
*East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
*Peru, Maine
*Sanderson, Florida
*White Creek, New York
===May 20 announcement===
On May 20, 2024, the Sioux City, Iowa location's closing date was moved up from June 9, 2025 to November 3, 2024 and the Milo, Iowa location's closing date was moved up from June 16, 2025 to June 9.
==Locations that had their opening dates changed==
On May 13, 2024, the following opening dates were changed:
===Moved up===
Location 	Original opening date	New opening date
Akron, Ohio 	June 21, 2024 	June 14, 2024
Danbury, Connecticut 	June 21, 2024 	June 14, 2024
Grand Chute, Wisconsin	June 28, 2024 	June 21, 2024
Northridge, California	June 21, 2024 	June 14, 2024
Waterbury, Connecticut	June 28, 2024 	June 21, 2024
===Delayed===
Location 	Original opening date	New opening date
Bridgewater, New Jersey 	June 7, 2024 	June 14, 2024
Diamond Bar, California 	May 31, 2024 	June 7, 2024
Springfield, Massachusetts	May 31, 2024 	June 7, 2024
==Locations that had their closing dates changed==
On May 20, 2024, the following closing dates were changed:
===Moved up===
Location 	Original closing date	New closing date
Milo, Iowa 	June 16, 2025 	June 9, 2025
Sioux City, Iowa	June 9, 2025 	November 3, 2024
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