SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial information related to segments

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	June 30, 2015			June 30, 2014			June 30, 2015			June 30, 2014
Net revenues:
Mohegan Sun	$	246,840		$	248,866		$	732,903		$	734,277
Mohegan Sun Pocono	77,932			77,194			218,456			220,863
Corporate and other	1,540			1,549			4,654			3,780
Inter-segment revenues	(1,273		)	(1,273		)	(3,819		)	(3,078		)
Total	$	325,039		$	326,336		$	952,194		$	955,842
Income (loss) from operations:
Mohegan Sun	$	54,557		$	47,088		$	148,573		$	127,459
Mohegan Sun Pocono	12,842			9,936			31,423			26,555
Corporate and other	(5,900		)	(8,042		)	(19,717		)	(26,676		)
Total	61,499			48,982			160,279			127,338
Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability	—			(552		)	(227		)	(1,654		)
Interest income	1,906			1,701			5,554			4,947
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(35,660		)	(36,426		)	(107,692		)	(111,692		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			(2		)	—			(62,277		)
Other income (expense), net	(50		)	59			(1,260		)	(819		)
Net income (loss)	27,695			13,762			56,654			(44,157		)
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests	439			130			1,278			421
Net income (loss) attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority	$	28,134		$	13,892		$	57,932		$	(43,736	)

	For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	June 30, 2015		June 30, 2014
Capital expenditures incurred:
Mohegan Sun	$	6,899	$	15,204
Mohegan Sun Pocono	2,087		2,808
Corporate and other	52		8,972
Total	$	9,038	$	26,984
(in thousands)	June 30, 2015		September 30, 2014
Total assets:
Mohegan Sun	$	1,336,702	$	1,368,352
Mohegan Sun Pocono	554,329		551,655
Corporate and other	140,315		135,953
Total	$	2,031,346	$	2,055,960