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Debt Covenant, Consolidated Asset Coverage Ratio

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Debt Covenant, Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line Of Credit Facility, Sub Facility For Swingline Loans

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Number of Financial Covenants

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Payment For Debt Prepayment

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of the credit facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt - August 2017 Credit Facility (Details)					3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
Debt - August 2017 Credit Facility (Details)	Oct. 25, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2017 USD ($) financial_covenant	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt										$ 0	$ 0	$ 62,000,000
Debt issuance costs	$ 1,300,000									2,058,000	308,000	$ 901,000
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount				$ 215,000,000.0
Sub facility for swingline loans				15,000,000.0
Line of credit, subfacility for standby letters of credit				35,000,000.0									$ 25,000,000.0
Proceeds from issuance of debt				$ 106,500,000
Number of financial covenants \| financial_covenant				2
Consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio				1.50									1.10
Write off of debt issuance costs					$ 1,400,000
Second Amendment, Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Optional reduction		$ 40,000,000
Consolidated asset coverage ratio		1.10
Consolidated net leverage ratio		4.25											4.60
First Amendment, Amended And Restated Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs			$ 300,000
Write off of debt issuance costs										100,000	$ 100,000
Second And Third Amendment, Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs										700,000
Write off of debt issuance costs										400,000
Term Loan, net \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount				$ 100,000,000.0
Payment for debt prepayment						$ 5,000,000	$ 7,500,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 5,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 75,000,000.0		115,000,000.0	$ 35,000,000.0					$ 35,000,000.0			$ 65,000,000.0
Proceeds from issuance of debt				$ 6,500,000