SEGMENT REPORTING

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

SEGMENT REPORTING:

As of March 31, 2015, the Authority owns and operates, either directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries, Mohegan Sun, the Connecticut Sun franchise and the Mohegan Sun Golf Club, and has partnered with an unrelated third-party to own and operate the New England Black Wolves franchise (collectively, the “Connecticut Facilities”), and the Pennsylvania Facilities. Substantially all of the Authority's revenues are derived from these operations. The Connecticut Sun franchise, the Mohegan Sun Golf Club and the New England Black Wolves franchise are aggregated with the Mohegan Sun operating segment because these operations all share similar economic characteristics, which is to generate gaming and entertainment revenues by attracting patrons to Mohegan Sun. The Authority's executive officers review and assess the performance and operating results and determine the proper allocation of resources to the Connecticut Facilities and the Pennsylvania Facilities on a separate basis. Accordingly, the Authority has two separate reportable segments: (1) Mohegan Sun, which includes the operations of the Connecticut Facilities and (2) Mohegan Sun Pocono, which includes the operations of the Pennsylvania Facilities. The Authority's operations related to investments in unconsolidated affiliates and certain other Corporate and management operations have not been identified as separate reportable segments; therefore, these operations are included in Corporate and other in the following segment disclosures to reconcile to consolidated results.

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	March 31, 2015			March 31, 2014			March 31, 2015			March 31, 2014
Net revenues:
Mohegan Sun	$	240,285		$	243,478		$	486,063		$	485,411
Mohegan Sun Pocono	70,128			72,986			140,524			143,669
Corporate and other	1,283			1,492			3,114			2,231
Inter-segment revenues	(1,273		)	(1,273		)	(2,546		)	(1,805		)
Total	$	310,423		$	316,683		$	627,155		$	629,506
Income (loss) from operations:
Mohegan Sun	$	46,598		$	45,728		$	94,016		$	80,371
Mohegan Sun Pocono	10,102			9,042			18,581			16,619
Corporate and other	(7,693		)	(9,687		)	(13,817		)	(18,634		)
Total	49,007			45,083			98,780			78,356
Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability	—			(551		)	(227		)	(1,102		)
Interest income	1,814			1,602			3,648			3,246
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(35,777		)	(36,297		)	(72,032		)	(75,266		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			(192		)	—			(62,275		)
Other expense, net	(482		)	(174		)	(1,210		)	(878		)
Net income (loss)	14,562			9,471			28,959			(57,919		)
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests	470			155			839			291
Net income (loss) attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority	$	15,032		$	9,626		$	29,798		$	(57,628	)

	For the Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	March 31, 2015		March 31, 2014
Capital expenditures incurred:
Mohegan Sun	$	1,830	$	8,218
Mohegan Sun Pocono	901		1,994
Corporate and other	73		8,949
Total	$	2,804	$	19,161
(in thousands)	March 31, 2015		September 30, 2014
Total assets:
Mohegan Sun	$	1,345,348	$	1,368,352
Mohegan Sun Pocono	550,908		551,655
Corporate and other	135,310		135,953
Total	$	2,031,566	$	2,055,960