Debt Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Debt was as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2019			2018
	(In thousands)
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	$	—		$	200,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	150,000			150,000
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	—			425,000
5.375% Senior Notes due May 2024	850,000			850,000
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	153,465			200,000
4.625% Senior Notes due December 2027	550,000			550,000
5.125% Senior Notes due June 2029	750,000			—
Term Loan due December 2022	—			641,250
Term Loan due May 2024	633,750			—
Bank Credit Facility due December 2022	—			395,000
Bank Credit Facility due May 2024	295,000			—
Obligations under finance leases	185,252			211,952
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	45,104			4,076
Unamortized premiums and discounts, net	5,634			6,562
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(34,854		)	(31,762		)
Total debt	3,583,351			3,602,078
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	(69,821		)	(69,896		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,513,530		$	3,532,182

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, 2019 and thereafter, excluding unamortized premiums and debt issuance costs (in thousands):

2020	$	73,912
2021	244,931
2022	60,322
2023	69,898
2024	1,659,084
2025 and thereafter	1,504,424
Total debt maturities	$	3,612,571

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 2019	$	190,672
Payments in 2018	$	179,865
Payments in 2017	$	160,843

Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block]

ash interest payments for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2019 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

Payments in 2020	$	169,519
Payments in 2021	166,382
Payments in 2022	154,506
Payments in 2023	153,727
Payments in 2024	108,640
Payments in 2025 and thereafter	274,871
Total expected cash interest payments	$	1,027,645