Consolidating Financial Information Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Consolidation, Guarantor Subsidiary, Ownership Interest	100.00%
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 32,371	$ 60,691	$ 34,522	$ 102,309
Receivables, net	77,873	115,667
Inventories	12,056	12,031
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	56,243	58,616
Deferred income taxes	24,984	20,579
Assets held for sale	27,648	9,363
Intercompany	0	0
Total current assets	231,175	276,947
Long-term receivables	219,425	226,526
Property and equipment, net	435,582	474,154
Goodwill	697,470	697,470
Other intangible assets, net	815,577	822,361
Other assets, net	114,718	116,836
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	2,513,947	2,614,294
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	7,420	7,420
Accounts payable	28,532	29,013
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	19,106	26,191
Gift card liability	91,266	146,955
Taxes Payable, Current	0
Other accrued expenses	50,022	48,065
Total current liabilities	196,346	257,644
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	1,338,819	1,411,448
Financing obligations, less current maturities	151,638	162,658
Capital lease obligations	129,070	134,407
Deferred income taxes	372,246	383,810
Other liabilities	109,185	109,107
Total liabilities	2,297,304	2,459,074
Total stockholders' equity	216,643	155,220
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	2,513,947	2,614,294
Parent [Member]
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	9,900	6,800	23,400
Receivables, net	900	600
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	118,500	85,300
Deferred income taxes	2,300	1,500
Assets held for sale	0	0
Intercompany	(283,600)	(300,200)
Total current assets	(161,900)	(202,900)
Long-term receivables	0	0
Property and equipment, net	24,300	24,600
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets, net	20,900	23,200
Investment in Subsidiaries	1,697,600	1,697,600
Total assets	1,580,900	1,542,500
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	15,400	13,400
Accounts payable	2,200	2,800
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	4,600	6,700
Gift card liability	0	0
Taxes Payable, Current	(23,900)
Other accrued expenses	15,000	(61,600)
Total current liabilities	13,300	(38,700)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	1,338,800	1,411,400
Financing obligations, less current maturities	0	0
Capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	6,500	8,900
Other liabilities	5,500	5,400
Total liabilities	1,364,100	1,387,000
Total stockholders' equity	216,800	155,500
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	1,580,900	1,542,500
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	31,900	50,400	27,200	77,300
Receivables, net	84,900	121,000
Inventories	12,100	12,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	48,800	44,600
Deferred income taxes	22,400	19,000
Assets held for sale	25,800	7,300
Intercompany	278,000	294,500
Total current assets	503,900	548,700
Long-term receivables	219,400	226,500
Property and equipment, net	411,300	449,600
Goodwill	697,500	697,500
Other intangible assets, net	815,600	822,400
Other assets, net	93,700	93,500
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	2,741,400	2,838,200
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	26,300	26,200
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	14,500	19,500
Gift card liability	91,300	147,000
Taxes Payable, Current	135,000
Other accrued expenses	34,700	180,600
Total current liabilities	301,800	373,300
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	0	0
Financing obligations, less current maturities	151,600	162,700
Capital lease obligations	129,100	134,400
Deferred income taxes	366,000	375,300
Other liabilities	102,900	102,600
Total liabilities	1,051,400	1,148,300
Total stockholders' equity	1,690,000	1,689,900
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	2,741,400	2,838,200
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	500	400	500	1,600
Receivables, net	100	100
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Deferred income taxes	300	100
Assets held for sale	1,800	2,100
Intercompany	5,600	5,700
Total current assets	8,300	8,400
Long-term receivables	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets, net	0	100
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	8,300	8,500
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	0	0
Gift card liability	0	0
Taxes Payable, Current	0
Other accrued expenses	300	400
Total current liabilities	300	400
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	0	0
Financing obligations, less current maturities	0	0
Capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	(300)	(400)
Other liabilities	900	1,100
Total liabilities	900	1,100
Total stockholders' equity	7,400	7,400
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	8,300	8,500
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables, net	(8,000)	(6,000)
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(111,100)	(71,300)
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Assets held for sale	0	0
Intercompany	0	0
Total current assets	(119,100)	(77,300)
Long-term receivables	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets, net	0	0
Investment in Subsidiaries	(1,697,600)	(1,697,600)
Total assets	(1,816,700)	(1,774,900)
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	(8,000)	(6,000)
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued employee compensation and benefits		0
Gift card liability		0
Taxes Payable, Current	(111,100)
Other accrued expenses		(71,300)
Total current liabilities	(119,100)	(77,300)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities		0
Financing obligations, less current maturities		0
Capital lease obligations		0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other liabilities		0
Total liabilities	(119,100)	(77,300)
Total stockholders' equity	(1,697,600)	(1,697,600)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ (1,816,700)	$ (1,774,900)