LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Long Term Debt [Table Text Block]

Long-term debt consists of the following: 

	As of December 31,
	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
2018 Credit Facility	$	192,000	$	—
MGM National Harbor Loan		50,066		—
2017 Credit Facility		323,926		347,375
9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 2020		2,037		275,000
7.375% Senior Secured Notes due April 2022		350,000		350,000
Comcast Note due April 2019		11,872		11,872
Total debt		929,901		984,247
Less: current portion of long-term debt		38,706		3,500
Less: original issue discount and issuance costs		17,438		13,581
Long-term debt, net	$	873,757	$	967,166

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Future scheduled minimum principal payments of debt as of December 31, 2018, are as follows:

	2018  Credit Facility		MGM National Harbor Loan		Comcast  Note due  April 2019		2017  Credit  Facility		9.25% Senior  Subordinated Notes due February 2020		7.38% Senior Secured Notes  due April 2022		Total
	(In thousands)
2019	$	21,500		—	$	11,872	$	3,297	$	2,037	$	—	$	38,706
2020		19,200		—		—		3,297		—		—		22,497
2021		19,200		—		—		3,297		—		—		22,497
2022		132,100		50,066		—		3,297		—		350,000		535,463
2023		—		—		—		310,738		—		—		310,738
2024 and thereafter		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total Debt	$	192,000	$	50,066	$	11,872	$	323,926	$	2,037	$	350,000	$	929,901