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Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 23, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 13, 2020	Jul. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Long-Term Debt
Outstanding borrowings	$ 380.0
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 19.4
Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio	4.3
EBITDAR Ratio	2.3
Net availability for borrowings	$ 0.6
Interest rate swap agreement
Long-Term Debt
Fixed interest rate				0.802%
Fair value of derivative liability	$ 3.1
Interest rate swap agreement \| Subsequent Events
Long-Term Debt
Notional amount		$ 140.0	$ 280.0
New Facility
Long-Term Debt
Maximum commitments					$ 400.0
Maximum commitments, letter of credit sub-facility					40.0
Additional available credit					$ 200.0
New Facility \| Maximum
Long-Term Debt
Financial covenant, Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio	4.75
New Facility \| Minimum
Long-Term Debt
Financial covenant, EBITDAR Ratio	1.9
New Facility \| Federal Funds Effective Rate
Long-Term Debt
Credit facility, floating interest rate basis	federal funds rate
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	0.50%
New Facility \| One-month Adjusted LIBO Rate
Long-Term Debt
Credit facility, floating interest rate basis	one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	1.00%