Long-Term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Long-Term Debt

Schedule of long-term debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands).

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Current portion long-term debt	$	303,604	$	272,027
Long-term debt net of current maturities		1,944,701		1,676,776
Total long-term debt (including current portion)	$	2,248,305	$	1,948,803
Unamortized debt issue cost, net		(23,172)		(20,902)
Total long-term debt, net of debt issue costs	$	2,225,133	$	1,927,901