Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) - LTRIP - USD ($) shares in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Beneficially ownership of shares of common stock	18.2
Percentage taken from outstanding shares of common stock	14.30%
Percentage of beneficially ownership of shares of common stock class B	22.20%
Right to voting	one vote per share
Beneficially ownership of equity securities	57.40%
Related party transactions	$ 0	$ 0
Class B Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Beneficially ownership of shares of common stock	12.8
Percentage taken from outstanding shares of common stock	100.00%
Right to voting	Ten votes per share

Common stock shares held by related party.

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The percentage of common stock owned by a related party.

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The percentage of common stock owned by a related party if Class B shares were converted to common shares.

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The voting rights percentage assuming the related party voted both common and class B stock.

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Description of voting rights of common stock. Includes eligibility to vote and votes per share owned. Include also, if any, unusual voting rights.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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