Property and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

Property and equipment at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is recorded at cost and summarized as follows (in thousands):


	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Land and land improvements	$	254,262		$	254,013
Buildings		2,342,697			2,340,555
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		574,993			576,453
Construction-in-progress		35,761			26,046

		3,207,713			3,197,067
Accumulated depreciation		(1,183,988	)		(1,160,806	)

Property and equipment, net	$	2,023,725		$	2,036,261

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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