Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Statements of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 16, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$ (19,813)	$ 3,357,474	$ 30,634
Depreciation and amortization	38,519	61,162	94,301
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(397)	800
Write-downs and other charges, net	685	3,453	101
Impairment of other assets			10,066
Earnings from subsidiaries	0	0	0
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	20,499	196	55,733
Interest - paid in kind	1,135		3,054
Share-based compensation		6,224	1,380
Earnings from joint ventures	(332)	16,397	(1,302)
Distributions from joint ventures			1,307
Gain on dissolution of joint venture		(250)
Reorganization items and fresh-start adjustments		(3,259,995)
Gain on Native American development			(102,816)
Loss on extinguishment of debt			51,794
Restricted cash	12,331	(10,956)	23
Receivables, net	4,449	13,904	(143)
Inventories and prepaid expenses	(9,035)	13,372	272
Deferred income tax		(114,978)
Accounts payable	(21,755)	23,021	148
Accrued interest payable	6,254	6,469	7,695
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(10,118)	18,420	5,593
Intercompany receivables and payables	0	0	0
Other, net	(1,791)	32,611	1,358
Net cash provided by operating activities before reorganization items		166,127
Net cash used for reorganization items		(2,571,267)
Net cash (used in) provide by operating activities		(2,405,140)
Net cash provided by operating activities	21,028		159,998
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net of construction payables	(15,459)	(15,098)	(46,355)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	222	200	843
Distributions in excess of earnings from joint ventures	338	2,042	150
Distributions from subsidiaries			0
Proceeds from repayment of Native American development costs	10,000		195,779
Native American development costs	(2,340)	(2,231)	(19,523)
Other, net	(1,275)	(3,554)	(4,736)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(8,514)	(18,641)	126,158
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under credit agreements with original maturity dates of three months or less, net	12,900		(16,200)
Borrowings under credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months	(43,902)		599,688
Proceeds from issuance of voting and non-voting units		279,000
Borrowings under Successor credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months		2,095,704
Payments under credit agreements with original maturiy dates greater than three months			(794,504)
Cash paid for early extinguishment of debt			(9,880)
Distributions to members and noncontrolling interests			(17,510)
Payments under STN Term Loan with original maturities greater than three months		(625)
Debt issuance costs	(422)	(1,619)	(16,272)
Payments on other debt	(1,525)	(886)	(1,740)
Net cash used in financing activities	(32,949)	2,371,574	(256,418)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(20,435)	(52,207)	29,738
Balance, beginning of period	113,150	165,357	95,821
Balance, end of period	92,715	113,150	125,559
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	22,785	35,595	75,154
Parent [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	(19,813)	3,357,474	30,634
Depreciation and amortization	865	3,822	2,030
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(397)	(5)
Write-downs and other charges, net	(3)	633	(7)
Impairment of other assets			0
Earnings from subsidiaries	(14,866)	(398,816)	(134,294)
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	15,491	0	38,284
Interest - paid in kind	0		0
Share-based compensation		6,224	0
Earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0
Distributions from joint ventures			0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture		0
Reorganization items and fresh-start adjustments		(2,883,312)
Gain on Native American development			0
Loss on extinguishment of debt			0
Restricted cash	10,769	(341)	(8)
Receivables, net	1,624	11,733	(259)
Inventories and prepaid expenses	(1,724)	2,050	352
Deferred income tax		(102,447)
Accounts payable	(4,400)	(7,652)	(8)
Accrued interest payable	4,820	(2,873)	8,555
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(14,742)	(11,002)	511
Intercompany receivables and payables	26,847	(4,863)	117,668
Other, net	(1,449)	30,361	58
Net cash provided by operating activities before reorganization items		594
Net cash used for reorganization items		(1,944,870)
Net cash (used in) provide by operating activities		(1,944,276)
Net cash provided by operating activities	3,419		63,511
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net of construction payables	(2,979)	(5,658)	(1,389)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	3	1	9
Distributions in excess of earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0
Distributions from subsidiaries			40,626
Proceeds from repayment of Native American development costs	0		0
Native American development costs	0	0	0
Other, net	(272)	17,872	(83)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(3,248)	12,215	39,163
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under credit agreements with original maturity dates of three months or less, net	7,800		(8,400)
Borrowings under credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months	(15,375)		25,000
Proceeds from issuance of voting and non-voting units		279,000
Borrowings under Successor credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months		1,660,000
Payments under credit agreements with original maturiy dates greater than three months			(105,477)
Cash paid for early extinguishment of debt			0
Distributions to members and noncontrolling interests			(9,107)
Payments under STN Term Loan with original maturities greater than three months		(625)
Debt issuance costs	(341)	(1,619)	(712)
Payments on other debt	(408)	(6)	(1,111)
Net cash used in financing activities	(8,324)	1,936,750	(99,807)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(8,153)	4,689	2,867
Balance, beginning of period	6,524	1,835	(2,420)
Balance, end of period	(1,629)	6,524	447
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	13,424	16,715	48,827
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	19,157	1,529,020	79,930
Depreciation and amortization	19,650	42,237	49,899
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		0	0
Write-downs and other charges, net	312	2,206	65
Impairment of other assets			0
Earnings from subsidiaries	0	0	0
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	0	0	0
Interest - paid in kind	0		0
Share-based compensation		0	625
Earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0
Distributions from joint ventures			0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture		0
Reorganization items and fresh-start adjustments		(1,514,225)
Gain on Native American development			0
Loss on extinguishment of debt			0
Restricted cash	0	(52,437)	0
Receivables, net	1,353	1,522	(40)
Inventories and prepaid expenses	(3,298)	2,483	1,008
Deferred income tax		0
Accounts payable	(7,029)	10,489	676
Accrued interest payable	50	797	41
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	3,707	(1,527)	3,107
Intercompany receivables and payables	(33,710)	4,395	(116,883)
Other, net	608	(5,827)	3
Net cash provided by operating activities before reorganization items		19,133
Net cash used for reorganization items		0
Net cash (used in) provide by operating activities		19,133
Net cash provided by operating activities	800		18,431
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net of construction payables	(8,654)	(7,336)	(22,076)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	91	22	1
Distributions in excess of earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0
Distributions from subsidiaries			0
Proceeds from repayment of Native American development costs	0		0
Native American development costs	0	0	0
Other, net	(9)	(13,327)	(273)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(8,572)	(20,641)	(22,348)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under credit agreements with original maturity dates of three months or less, net	0		0
Borrowings under credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months	0		0
Proceeds from issuance of voting and non-voting units		0
Borrowings under Successor credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months		0
Payments under credit agreements with original maturiy dates greater than three months			0
Cash paid for early extinguishment of debt			0
Distributions to members and noncontrolling interests			0
Payments under STN Term Loan with original maturities greater than three months		0
Debt issuance costs	0	0	0
Payments on other debt	0	(115)	(122)
Net cash used in financing activities	0	(115)	(122)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(7,772)	(1,623)	(4,039)
Balance, beginning of period	49,253	50,876	50,479
Balance, end of period	41,481	49,253	46,440
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	0	16,241	82
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	(4,291)	(1,130,204)	54,364
Depreciation and amortization	18,004	15,103	42,372
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		0	805
Write-downs and other charges, net	376	614	43
Impairment of other assets			10,066
Earnings from subsidiaries	0	0	0
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	5,008	196	17,449
Interest - paid in kind	1,135		3,054
Share-based compensation		0	755
Earnings from joint ventures	(332)	16,397	(1,302)
Distributions from joint ventures			1,307
Gain on dissolution of joint venture		(250)
Reorganization items and fresh-start adjustments		1,137,542
Gain on Native American development			(102,816)
Loss on extinguishment of debt			51,794
Restricted cash	1,562	41,822	31
Receivables, net	1,472	649	156
Inventories and prepaid expenses	(4,013)	8,839	(1,088)
Deferred income tax		(12,531)
Accounts payable	(10,326)	20,184	(520)
Accrued interest payable	1,384	8,545	(901)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	917	30,949	1,975
Intercompany receivables and payables	6,863	468	(785)
Other, net	(950)	8,077	1,297
Net cash provided by operating activities before reorganization items		146,400
Net cash used for reorganization items		(626,397)
Net cash (used in) provide by operating activities		(479,997)
Net cash provided by operating activities	16,809		78,056
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net of construction payables	(3,826)	(2,104)	(22,890)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	128	177	833
Distributions in excess of earnings from joint ventures	338	2,042	150
Distributions from subsidiaries			0
Proceeds from repayment of Native American development costs	10,000		195,779
Native American development costs	(2,340)	(2,231)	(19,523)
Other, net	(994)	(8,099)	(4,380)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	3,306	(10,215)	149,969
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under credit agreements with original maturity dates of three months or less, net	5,100		(7,800)
Borrowings under credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months	(28,527)		574,688
Proceeds from issuance of voting and non-voting units		0
Borrowings under Successor credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months		435,704
Payments under credit agreements with original maturiy dates greater than three months			(689,027)
Cash paid for early extinguishment of debt			(9,880)
Distributions to members and noncontrolling interests			(49,029)
Payments under STN Term Loan with original maturities greater than three months		0
Debt issuance costs	(81)	0	(15,560)
Payments on other debt	(1,117)	(765)	(507)
Net cash used in financing activities	(24,625)	434,939	(197,115)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(4,510)	(55,273)	30,910
Balance, beginning of period	57,373	112,646	47,762
Balance, end of period	52,863	57,373	78,672
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	9,361	2,639	26,245
Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	(14,866)	(398,816)	(134,294)
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		0	0
Write-downs and other charges, net	0	0	0
Impairment of other assets			0
Earnings from subsidiaries	14,866	398,816	134,294
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	0	0	0
Interest - paid in kind	0		0
Share-based compensation		0	0
Earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0
Distributions from joint ventures			0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture		0
Reorganization items and fresh-start adjustments		0
Gain on Native American development			0
Loss on extinguishment of debt			0
Restricted cash	0	0	0
Receivables, net	0	0	0
Inventories and prepaid expenses	0	0	0
Deferred income tax		0
Accounts payable	0	0	0
Accrued interest payable	0	0	0
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	0	0	0
Intercompany receivables and payables	0	0	0
Other, net	0	0	0
Net cash provided by operating activities before reorganization items		0
Net cash used for reorganization items		0
Net cash (used in) provide by operating activities		0
Net cash provided by operating activities	0		0
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net of construction payables	0	0	0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	0	0	0
Distributions in excess of earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0
Distributions from subsidiaries			(40,626)
Proceeds from repayment of Native American development costs	0		0
Native American development costs	0	0	0
Other, net	0	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	0	0	(40,626)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under credit agreements with original maturity dates of three months or less, net	0		0
Borrowings under credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months	0		0
Proceeds from issuance of voting and non-voting units		0
Borrowings under Successor credit agreements with original maturity dates greater than three months		0
Payments under credit agreements with original maturiy dates greater than three months			0
Cash paid for early extinguishment of debt			0
Distributions to members and noncontrolling interests			40,626
Payments under STN Term Loan with original maturities greater than three months		0
Debt issuance costs	0	0	0
Payments on other debt	0	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	0	0	40,626
Cash and cash equivalents:
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Balance, beginning of period	0	0	0
Balance, end of period	0	0	0
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0