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Cost Method Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Investments All Other Investments [Abstract]  
Cost Method Investments

Note 6 – Cost Method Investments

Investment in Rock Ohio Ventures, LLC

As of December 28, 2014, the Company had a 10% ownership interest in Rock Ohio Ventures, LLC (“Rock Ohio Ventures”), a privately held company that owned interests in various casino and racetrack properties. The Company’s $21.0 million investment in Rock Ohio Ventures was accounted for using the cost method since the Company owned less than 20% of the entity and did not have the ability to significantly influence the operating and financial decisions of the entity. During the third quarter of 2014, this investment was determined to have experienced an other-than-temporary impairment and was reduced to its estimated fair value of zero using unobservable (Level 3) inputs including the discount cash flow and comparable public company approaches to value. As a result, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $21.0 million, which is included in impairments and other losses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 28, 2014.

In January 2015, the Company sold all of its interest in Rock Ohio Ventures for approximately $0.8 million. Since this investment had been written down to zero, the Company accounted for the receipt of this payment as a gain on sale of investment. 

Investment in Dania Entertainment Holdings, LLC 

In May 2013, Dania Entertainment Center, LLC (“DEC”) purchased the Dania Jai Alai property located in Dania Beach, Florida, from Boyd Gaming Corporation, for $65.5 million.

As part of a previous plan to purchase the property, during 2011 the Company loaned $4.0 million to DEC which was written down to zero during the third quarter of 2011 when the acquisition did not close. During 2013, the loan was exchanged for a 20% ownership interest in Dania Entertainment Holdings, LLC (“Dania Entertainment”).

On April 21, 2014, the Company entered into a redemption agreement with Dania Entertainment that resulted in Dania Entertainment redeeming the Company’s 20% ownership in Dania Entertainment in exchange for Dania Entertainment granting to the Company 5% ownership in DEC. Concurrently, the Company entered into an agreement with ONDISS Corp. (“ONDISS”) to sell its ownership in DEC for approximately $2.6 million. The Company received $1.0 million in April 2014 in exchange for 40% of its ownership interest. In October 2014, ONDISS paid the entire remaining amount due to the Company at a discounted amount of approximately $1.4 million and upon receipt of such payment, the Company transferred its remaining ownership in DEC to ONDISS. As a result, the Company recognized a gain of $2.4 million, which was included in gain on sale of cost method investment in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 28, 2014.