Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 115,089	$ 136,926
Food, merchandise and other	71,268	83,315
Total revenues	186,357	220,241
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	14,483	17,001
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below and includes equity compensation of $936 and $9,340 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively)	157,324	180,293
Selling, general and administrative (includes equity compensation of $3,178 and $20,250 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively)	52,418	67,354
Restructuring and other related costs		112
Depreciation and amortization	38,867	75,048
Total costs and expenses	263,092	339,808
Operating loss	(76,735)	(119,567)
Other income, net	(86)	(142)
Interest expense	18,261	14,581
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs	8,020
Loss before income taxes	(102,930)	(134,006)
Benefit from income taxes	(41,801)	(49,957)
Net loss	(61,129)	(84,049)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, net of tax	2,404	(9,250)
Comprehensive loss	$ (58,725)	$ (93,299)
Loss per share:
Net loss per share, basic	$ (0.72)	$ (1.00)
Net loss per share, diluted	$ (0.72)	$ (1.00)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	85,373	83,824
Diluted	85,373	83,824
Cash dividends declared per share:
Cash dividends declared per share		$ 0.42