Revenue Revenue Recognition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenues and Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Casino	$ 4,784,990	$ 4,244,303	$ 2,750,890
Occupancy	751,800	670,957	595,610
Food and Beverage	754,128	732,115	635,411
Entertainment Retail And Other	426,742	422,785	363,886
Revenues	6,717,660	6,070,160	4,345,797
Macau Operations
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenues and Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Casino	4,350,907	3,788,210	2,313,518
Occupancy	283,562	217,581	158,126
Food and Beverage	187,006	164,189	99,703
Entertainment Retail And Other	230,616	197,217	134,948
Revenues	5,052,091	4,367,197	2,706,295
Las Vegas Operations
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenues and Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Casino	434,083	456,093	437,372
Occupancy	468,238	453,376	437,484
Food and Beverage	567,122	567,926	535,708
Entertainment Retail And Other	196,126	225,568	228,938
Revenues	$ 1,665,569	$ 1,702,963	$ 1,639,502

Revenues generated by casino operations. Also includes revenues generated by and derived from a hotel's, including cruise lines, gaming operations; likewise, such revenues may be derived from gaming operations that also are hoteliers.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
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-Paragraph 2
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