Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 817,793	$ 846,922	$ 859,426
Food, merchandise and other	526,499	524,082	518,386
Total revenues	1,344,292	1,371,004	1,377,812
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	100,643	103,980	109,024
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below and includes equity compensation of $11,033 and $863 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	736,842	708,745	727,659
Selling, general and administrative (includes equity compensation of $26,482, $5,664 and $2,349 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively)	238,557	214,072	189,369
Restructuring and other related costs	9,016	2,268	11,567
Separation costs			2,574
Secondary offering costs			747
Depreciation and amortization	199,649	182,503	176,275
Total costs and expenses	1,284,707	1,211,568	1,217,215
Operating income	59,585	159,436	160,597
Other expense (income), net	125	129	(198)
Interest expense	62,661	65,571	81,543
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs		20,905	461
(Loss) income before income taxes	(3,201)	72,831	78,791
Provision for income taxes	9,330	23,698	28,872
Net (loss) income	(12,531)	49,133	49,919
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized loss on derivatives, net of tax	(557)	(12,654)	(494)
Comprehensive (loss) income	$ (13,088)	$ 36,479	$ 49,425
(Loss) earnings per share:
Net (loss) income per share, basic	$ (0.15)	$ 0.57	$ 0.57
Net (loss) income per share, diluted	$ (0.15)	$ 0.57	$ 0.57
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	84,925	85,860	87,183
Diluted	84,925	85,981	87,480