Debt Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Debt was as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2018			2017
	(In thousands)
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	$	—		$	250,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	200,000			200,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	150,000			150,000
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	425,000			425,000
5.375% Senior Notes due May 2024	850,000			850,000
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	200,000			200,000
4.625% Senior Notes due December 2027	550,000			550,000
Term Loan due December 2022	641,250			675,000
Bank Credit Facility due December 2022	395,000			—
Obligations under capital leases	211,952			197,232
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,076			6,036
Unamortized premiums and discounts, net	6,562			7,456
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(31,762		)	(38,071		)
Total debt	3,602,078			3,472,653
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	(69,896		)	(337,337		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,532,182		$	3,135,316

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the aggregate maturities of our debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2018 and thereafter, excluding unamortized premiums and debt issuance costs (in thousands):

2019	$	75,037
2020	281,186
2021	238,470
2022	1,379,873
2023	14,193
2024 and thereafter	1,638,519
Total debt maturities	$	3,627,278

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Cash interest payments for the three years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):

Payments in 2018	$	179,865
Payments in 2017	$	160,843
Payments in 2016	$	156,950

	Years Ended December 31,
	2018			2017		2016
	(In thousands)
Net change in capital expenditure accrual	$	(2,597	)	$	223	$	(1,435	)
Non-cash acquisition of capital leases	$	58,664		$	54,087	$	41,609

Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block]

ash interest payments for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2018 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

Payments in 2019	$	179,665
Payments in 2020	177,275
Payments in 2021	166,511
Payments in 2022	129,293
Payments in 2023	87,842
Payments in 2024 and thereafter	172,932
Total expected cash interest payments	$	913,518