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Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues:      
Site leasing $ 1,360,202us-gaap_OperatingLeasesIncomeStatementLeaseRevenue $ 1,133,013us-gaap_OperatingLeasesIncomeStatementLeaseRevenue $ 846,094us-gaap_OperatingLeasesIncomeStatementLeaseRevenue
Site development 166,794sbac_SiteDevelopment 171,853sbac_SiteDevelopment 107,990sbac_SiteDevelopment
Total revenues 1,526,996us-gaap_Revenues 1,304,866us-gaap_Revenues 954,084us-gaap_Revenues
Operating expenses:      
Cost of site leasing 301,313us-gaap_OperatingLeasesIncomeStatementInitialDirectCosts 270,772us-gaap_OperatingLeasesIncomeStatementInitialDirectCosts 188,951us-gaap_OperatingLeasesIncomeStatementInitialDirectCosts
Cost of site development 127,172sbac_CostOfSiteDevelopment 137,481sbac_CostOfSiteDevelopment 90,556sbac_CostOfSiteDevelopment
Selling, general, and administrative 103,317us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 85,476us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 72,148us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Acquisition related adjustment and expenses 7,798us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 19,198us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 40,433us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Asset impairment and decommission costs 23,801sbac_AssetImpairmentAndDecommissionCosts 28,960sbac_AssetImpairmentAndDecommissionCosts 6,383sbac_AssetImpairmentAndDecommissionCosts
Depreciation, accretion, and amortization 627,072us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 533,334us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 408,467us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
Total operating expenses 1,190,473us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 1,075,221us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 806,938us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating income (loss) 336,523us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 229,645us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 147,146us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense):      
Interest income 677us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 1,794us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 1,128us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Interest expense (292,600)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense (249,051)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense (196,241)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense
Non-cash interest expense (27,112)us-gaap_PaidInKindInterest (49,085)us-gaap_PaidInKindInterest (70,110)us-gaap_PaidInKindInterest
Amortization of deferred financing fees (17,572)us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts (15,560)us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts (12,870)us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Loss from extinguishment of debt, net (26,204)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt (6,099)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt (51,799)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Other income, net 10,628us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 31,138us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 5,654us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total other expense, net (352,183)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (286,863)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (324,238)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Loss before provision for income taxes (15,660)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (57,218)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (177,092)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
(Provision) benefit for income taxes (8,635)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,309us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (6,594)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net loss from continuing operations (24,295)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations (55,909)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations (183,686)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes     2,296us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net loss (24,295)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (55,909)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (181,390)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest     353us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net loss attributable to SBA Communications Corporation $ (24,295)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (55,909)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (181,037)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic and diluted per common share amounts:      
Loss from continuing operations $ (0.19)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (0.44)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (1.53)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare
Income from discontinued operations     $ 0.02us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare
Net loss per common share $ (0.19)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (0.44)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (1.51)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares 128,919us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 127,769us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 120,280us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted