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Long-Term Debt - Term Loan Agreement (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
	May 26, 2017	Jan. 24, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	May 31, 2018	Mar. 23, 2018	Mar. 01, 2018	Dec. 28, 2017
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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Additional Capital Lease Obligation and Purchase Money Indebtedness Maximum		$ 40,000,000
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Additional Other Indebtedness, Maximum		$ 10,000,000
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Tax Sharing Agreement, Distributions Percentage of Net Revenues, Maximum		1.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Repurchase of Capital Stock, Maximum		$ 1,000,000
Long-term Debt			$ 543,697,000	$ 469,736,000
Term Loan Facility, Term A Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt			70,000,000	0	$ 0
Term Loan Facility, Term B Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt			$ 0	441,871,000	$ 0
Montreign Operating [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity, amount		$ 520,000,000
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum First Lien Leverage Ratio		500.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio		200.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditure		$ 11,000,000
Allowed Add Back of Pro Forma EBITDA, First Quarter		108,400,000
Allowed Add Back of Pro Forma EBITDA, Second Quarter		77,500,000
Allowed Add Back of Pro Forma EBITDA, Third Quarter		39,400,000
Montreign Operating [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Term Loan Facility, Term A Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity, amount		$ 70,000,000
Stated percentage			7.68%
Commitment fee percent, through closing date		2.50%
Commitment fee percent, after closing date		5.00%
Long-term Debt			$ 64,800,000	0
Debt Instrument, Repayment Percent of Principal			2.50%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal, First Year			$ 1,800,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal, Second Year and Thereafter			2,600,000
Repayments of Debt			5,300,000
Montreign Operating [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Term Loan Facility, Term A Loan [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
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Basis spread on variable rate		5.00%
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		4.00%
Montreign Operating [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Term Loan Facility, Term B Loan [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 450,000,000
Debt Instrument, Proceeds as a Percentage of Face Amount	99.75%	98.12%
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount			$ 5,800,000	6,800,000
Stated percentage			10.96%
Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 35,000,000
Long-term Debt			$ 440,800,000	$ 443,200,000
Debt Instrument, Repayment Percent of Principal			1.00%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal			$ 1,100,000
Repayments of Debt			$ 3,400,000
Montreign Operating [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Term Loan Facility, Term B Loan [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Basis spread on variable rate		7.25%
Term Loan Facility, Term B Loan [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment premium percent, month 30 to month 42		2.00%
Prepayment premium percent, month 42 to month 54		1.00%
Entertainment Village [Member] \| Montreign Operating [Member]
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Deposit commitment									$ 9,900,000
Entertainment Village [Member] \| Montreign Operating [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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