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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Amount of Consolidated Debt, Net of Unrestricted Cash

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Percentage Of Excess Cash Flow

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Secured Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Total Leverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Increased Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Debt Instrument, Quarterly Installment Payment Percentage

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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LONG-TERM DEBT - Term Loan B (Details)		12 Months Ended
LONG-TERM DEBT - Term Loan B (Details)	Dec. 23, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio		3.45
Term Loan B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		5.75%	6.50%
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of credit facility	7 years
Deb instrument face amount	$ 330,000,000
Percentage of quarterly installment payments	0.0025
Maximum increase in maximum borrowing capacity	$ 52,500,000
Secured leverage ratio	3.75	3.24
Interest rate		5.75%
Fixed charge coverage ratio	1.00
Maximum consolidated secured debt, net of unrestricted cash	$ 150,000,000
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Agreement \| Total leverage ratio no more than 3.00 to 1.00
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of excess cash flow	0.50
Total leverage ratio	3.00
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Agreement \| Total leverage ratio no more than 2.50 to 1.00
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of excess cash flow	0.25
Total leverage ratio	2.50
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Agreement \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin rate	3.75%
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Agreement \| Eurodollar
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin rate	4.75%
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt		$ 2,300,000