Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Long-Term Debt

Schedule of long-term debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands).

	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Current portion long-term debt	$	297,119	$	308,945
Long-term debt net of current maturities		2,343,678		2,261,959
Total long-term debt (including current portion)	$	2,640,797	$	2,570,904
Unamortized debt issue cost, net		(25,882)		(25,393)
Total long-term debt, net of debt issue costs	$	2,614,915	$	2,545,511