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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: Services The Mohegan Tribe provides certain governmental and administrative services to the Company. The Company incurred expenses for such services totaling $33.2 million, $35.4 million and $31.4 million for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company purchases most of its utilities, including electricity, gas, water and waste water services, from an instrumentality of the Mohegan Tribe. The Company incurred costs for such utilities totaling $19.3 million, $19.8 million and $16.8 million for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Leases The Company leases the land on which Mohegan Sun is located from the Mohegan Tribe under a long-term lease agreement. The current term of 25 years, which commenced in October 2016, is renewable by the Company for an additional 25 years upon expiration. The lease agreement requires the Company to make a nominal annual rental payment. The Company also subleases the Earth Hotel Tower, which opened in November 2016, from a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribe and previously subleased a related connector from the Mohegan Tribe. In December 2017, the Company purchased the connector for $8.5 million, which the Company believes represented its fair market value. The Company incurred rental expense relating to these subleases totaling $8.6 million, $8.8 million and $8.8 million for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.