Long-Term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Long-Term Debt

Schedule of long-term debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Current portion of long-term debt	$	307,032	$	308,945
Current portion of unamortized debt issue cost, net		(3,609)		(3,485)
Current portion of long-term debt, net of debt issue costs	$	303,423	$	305,460
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	$	2,402,996	$	2,261,959
Long-term portion of unamortized debt issue cost, net		(22,204)		(21,908)
Long-term debt, net of current maturities and debt issue costs	$	2,380,792	$	2,240,051
Total long-term debt (including current portion)	$	2,710,028	$	2,570,904
Total unamortized debt issue cost, net		(25,813)		(25,393)
Total long-term debt, net of debt issue costs	$	2,684,215	$	2,545,511