Leases - Future Minimum Payments - Sale-Leasebacks (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023	$ 786
2024	741
2025	692
2026	597
2027	3
Thereafter	0
Total lease payments	2,819
Failed Sale Leaseback
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023	15,878
2024	16,353
2025	15,341
2026	15,491
2027	15,956
Thereafter	141,194
Total lease payments	220,213
Failed Sale Leaseback \| Tower Sale
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023	14,177
2024	14,602
2025	15,040
2026	15,491
2027	15,956
Thereafter	141,194
Total lease payments	216,460
Failed Sale Leaseback \| Other
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023	1,701
2024	1,751
2025	301
2026	0
2027	0
Thereafter	0
Total lease payments	$ 3,753

Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments for finance lease.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918701-209980

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