10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q 

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from          to         

Commission File Number:  001-36124 

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

Pennsylvania	46-2116489
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

 845 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200

Wyomissing, PA 19610

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

610-401-2900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 Not Applicable

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	GLPI	Nasdaq

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒  No ☐

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes ☒ No ☐

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act: 

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐ No ☒ 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Title	April 26, 2021
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	232,790,389

Forward-looking statements in this document are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. ("GLPI") and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning the Company’s business strategy, plans, goals and objectives.

Forward-looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the extent and duration of the economic disruptions related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (including variants thereof, "COVID-19") global pandemic on our tenants' operations and our taxable real estate investment trust ("REIT") subsidiaries' ("TRS") operations. In addition, statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "projects," "estimates," "plans," "may increase," "may fluctuate," and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would," "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. You should understand that the following important factors could affect future results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements:

•The novel coronavirus COVID-19 (including variants thereof, "COVID-19") had, and may continue to have, a significant impact on our tenants' financial conditions and operations. As a result of the outbreak, our casino operations and those of our tenants were forced to close temporarily, as federal, state and local officials undertook various steps to mitigate the spread of infections from COVID-19. Although the majority of our tenants' operations have recommenced operations to strong results and our tenants have improved their liquidity profiles, there can be no assurance whether these encouraging results will continue in future periods, particularly with the potential for continued increased transmission from new strains of COVID-19;

•the impact that the sharp increase in unemployment levels and uncertainty with respect to the future state of the economy could have on discretionary consumer spending, including on casino operations;

•the current and uncertain future impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, including its effect on the ability or desire of people to gather in large groups (including in casinos), which is expected to impact our financial results, operations, outlooks, plans, goals, growth, cash flows, liquidity, and stock price;

•unforeseen consequences related to United States government stimulus packages or a failure to mitigate the sharp economic downturn from COVID-19;

•the availability of and the ability to identify suitable and attractive acquisition and development opportunities and the ability to acquire and lease the respective properties on favorable terms;

•the degree and nature of our competition;

•the ability to receive, or delays in obtaining, the regulatory approvals required to own and/or operate our properties, or other delays or impediments to completing our planned acquisitions or projects;

•our ability to maintain our status as a REIT, given the highly technical and complex Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") provisions for which only limited judicial and administrative authorities exist, where even a technical or inadvertent violation could jeopardize REIT qualification and where requirements may depend in part on the actions of third parties over which the Company has no control or only limited influence;

•the satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, shareholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis in order for the Company to maintain its REIT status;

•the ability and willingness of our tenants, operators and other third parties to meet and/or perform their obligations under their respective contractual arrangements with us, including lease and note requirements and in some cases, their obligations to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against various claims, litigation and liabilities;

•the ability of our tenants and operators to maintain the financial strength and liquidity necessary to satisfy their respective obligations and liabilities to third parties, including, without limitation, to satisfy obligations under their existing credit facilities and other indebtedness;

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•the ability of our tenants and operators to comply with laws, rules and regulations in the operation of our properties, to deliver high quality services, to attract and retain qualified personnel and to attract customers;

•the ability to generate sufficient cash flows to service our outstanding indebtedness;

•the access to debt and equity capital markets, including for acquisitions or refinancings due to maturities;

•adverse changes in our credit rating;

•fluctuating interest rates, inflation, and the potential phasing out of the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") after 2021;

•the impact of global or regional economic conditions;

•the availability of qualified personnel and our ability to retain our key management personnel;

•GLPI's obligation to indemnify Penn National Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) ("Penn") and its subsidiaries in certain circumstances if the spin-off transaction described in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements fails to be tax-free;

•changes in the United States tax law and other state, federal or local laws, whether or not specific to real estate, REITs or the gaming, lodging or hospitality industries;

•changes in accounting standards;

•the impact of weather or climate events or conditions, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other international hostilities, war or political instability;

•other risks inherent in the real estate business, including potential liability relating to environmental matters and illiquidity of real estate investments; and

•additional factors as discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (our "Annual Report"), in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Certain of these factors and other factors, risks and uncertainties are discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in the Company’s Annual Report and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Other unknown or unpredictable factors may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are difficult to anticipate and are generally beyond the control of the Company.

You should consider the areas of risk described above, as well as those set forth in the "Risk Factors" section in the Company’s Annual Report and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in connection with considering any forward-looking statements that may be made by the Company generally. Except for the ongoing obligations of the Company to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless required to do so by law.

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GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	4
ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity - Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	7
	Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	28
ITEM 3.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	44
ITEM 4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	45
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	46
ITEM 1.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	46
ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	46
ITEM 2.	UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	46
ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	46
ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	46
ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION	46
ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS	47
SIGNATURE		48

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Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(unaudited)
Assets
Real estate investments, net	$	7,230,769	$	7,287,158
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	79,919		80,618
Assets held for sale	70,457		61,448
Real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas, net	303,888		304,831
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	765,932		769,197
Cash and cash equivalents	520,740		486,451
Prepaid expenses	1,461		2,098
Deferred tax assets, net	5,584		5,690
Other assets	34,740		36,877
Total assets	$	9,013,490	$	9,034,368
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	168	$	375
Accrued expenses	978		398
Accrued interest	81,558		72,285
Accrued salaries and wages	1,202		5,849
Gaming, property, and other taxes	830		146
Income taxes	1,922		—
Lease liabilities	151,904		152,203
Long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	5,757,125		5,754,689
Deferred rental revenue	332,233		333,061
Deferred tax liabilities	399		359
Other liabilities	38,528		39,985
Total liabilities	6,366,847		6,359,350
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock ($.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)	—		—
Common stock ($.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 232,781,653 and 232,452,220 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)	2,328		2,325
Additional paid-in capital	4,280,723		4,284,789
Accumulated deficit	(1,636,408)		(1,612,096)
Total shareholders’ equity	2,646,643		2,675,018
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	9,013,490	$	9,034,368

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Revenues
Rental income	$	263,842	$	249,407
Interest income from real estate loans	—		7,316
Total income from real estate	263,842		256,723
Gaming, food, beverage and other	37,701		26,759
Total revenues	301,543		283,482
Operating expenses
Gaming, food, beverage and other	19,926		16,503
Land rights and ground lease expense	6,733		8,078
General and administrative	16,082		15,987
(Gains) losses from dispositions of property	—		1
Depreciation	58,701		56,563
Total operating expenses	101,442		97,132
Income from operations	200,101		186,350
Other income (expenses)
Interest expense	(70,413)		(72,004)
Interest income	124		196
Losses on debt extinguishment	—		(17,329)
Total other expenses	(70,289)		(89,137)
Income before income taxes	129,812		97,213
Income tax expense	2,628		319
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Earnings per common share:
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.55	$	0.45
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.54	$	0.45

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2020	232,452,220	$	2,325	$	4,284,789	$	(1,612,096)	$	2,675,018
Issuance of common stock, net of     ATM Program offering costs	—	—		(95)		—		(95)
Restricted stock activity	329,433	3		(3,971)		—		(3,968)
Dividends paid ($0.65 per common share)	—	—		—		(151,496)		(151,496)
Net income	—	—		—		127,184		127,184
Balance, March 31, 2021	232,781,653	$	2,328	$	4,280,723	$	(1,636,408)	$	2,646,643

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2019	214,694,165	$	2,147	$	3,959,383	$	(1,887,285)	$	2,074,245
Issuance of common stock, net of     ATM Program offering costs	7,971	—		310		—		310
Restricted stock activity	405,093	4		(8,352)		—		(8,348)
Dividends paid ($0.70 per common share)	—	—		—		(150,796)		(150,796)
Net income	—	—		—		96,894		96,894
Balance, March 31, 2020	215,107,229	$	2,151	$	3,951,341	$	(1,941,187)	$	2,012,305

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

Three months ended March 31,	2021		2020
Operating activities
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	61,544		59,583
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	2,470		2,770
Losses on dispositions of property	—		1
Deferred income taxes	188		38
Stock-based compensation	5,788		4,235
Straight-line rent adjustments	(828)		8,644
Losses on debt extinguishment	—		17,329
(Increase), decrease
Prepaid expenses and other assets	2,907		6,467
Increase, (decrease)
Accounts payable	(128)		(667)
Accrued expenses	735		1,556
Accrued interest	9,273		16,869
Accrued salaries and wages	(4,780)		(10,667)
Gaming, property and other taxes	868		(134)
Income taxes	1,880		—
Other liabilities	(1,893)		(4,133)
Net cash provided by operating activities	205,208		198,785
Investing activities
Capital project expenditures	(606)		—
Capital maintenance expenditures	(438)		(646)
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,044)		(646)
Financing activities
Dividends paid	(151,496)		(150,796)
Taxes paid related to shares withheld for tax purposes on restricted stock award vestings	(9,756)		(12,583)
(Costs) proceeds from issuance of common stock, net	(95)		310
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	—		1,174,600
Repayments of long-term debt	(33)		(661,206)
Premium and related costs paid on tender of senior unsecured notes	—		(15,742)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(161,380)		334,583
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents, including cash classified within assets held for sale	42,784		532,722
Less net change in cash classified within assets held for sale	8,495		—
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	34,289		532,722
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	486,451		26,823
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	520,740	$	559,545

See Note 16 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for supplemental cash flow information and noncash investing and financing activities.

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Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

1.              Business and Operations

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. ("GLPI") is a self-administered and self-managed Pennsylvania real estate investment trust ("REIT"). GLPI (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") was incorporated on February 13, 2013, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) ("Penn"). On November 1, 2013, Penn contributed to GLPI, through a series of internal corporate restructurings, substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with Penn’s real property interests and real estate development business, as well as the assets and liabilities of Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and Hollywood Casino Perryville (which are referred to as the "TRS Properties") and then spun-off GLPI to holders of Penn's common and preferred stock in a tax-free distribution (the "Spin-Off"). The assets and liabilities of GLPI were recorded at their respective historical carrying values at the time of the Spin-Off in accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 505-60 - Spinoffs and Reverse Spinoffs ("ASC 505").

The Company elected on its United States ("U.S.") federal income tax return for its taxable year that began on January 1, 2014 to be treated as a REIT and GLPI, together with its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, GLP Holdings, Inc., jointly elected to treat each of GLP Holdings, Inc., Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. (d/b/a Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge) and Penn Cecil Maryland, Inc. (d/b/a Hollywood Casino Perryville) as a "taxable REIT subsidiary" ("TRS") effective on the first day of the first taxable year of GLPI as a REIT. In addition, during 2020, the Company and Tropicana LV, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which holds the real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort ("Tropicana Las Vegas") , elected to treat Tropicana LV, LLC as a TRS, which together with the TRS Properties and GLP Holdings, Inc. is the Company's TRS segment (the "TRS Segment"). In connection with the Spin-Off, Penn allocated its accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) for periods prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off between Penn and GLPI. In connection with its election to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, GLPI declared a special dividend to its shareholders to distribute any accumulated earnings and profits relating to the real property assets and attributable to any pre-REIT years, including any earnings and profits allocated to GLPI in connection with the Spin-Off, to comply with certain REIT qualification requirements.

GLPI’s primary business consists of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements. As of March 31, 2021, GLPI’s portfolio consisted of interests in 48 gaming and related facilities, including the TRS Properties, the real property associated with 33 gaming and related facilities operated by Penn, the real property associated with 7 gaming and related facilities operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) ("Caesars"), the real property associated with 4 gaming and related facilities operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) ("Boyd") and the real property associated with property operated by Casino Queen Holding Company Inc. ("Casino Queen") in East St. Louis, Illinois.  These facilities, including our corporate headquarters building, are geographically diversified across 16 states and contain approximately 24.3 million square feet. As of March 31, 2021, the Company's properties were 100% occupied. GLPI expects to continue growing its portfolio by pursuing opportunities to acquire additional gaming facilities to lease to gaming operators under prudent terms.

Penn Master Lease and Casino Queen Lease

As a result of the Spin-Off, GLPI owns substantially all of Penn’s former real property assets (as of the consummation of the Spin-Off) and leases back most of those assets to Penn for use by its subsidiaries, under a unitary master lease, a triple-net operating lease the term of which expires October 31, 2033, with no purchase option, followed by three remaining 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Penn Master Lease"), and GLPI also owns and operates the TRS Properties. GLPI leases the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis back to its operator on a triple-net basis on terms similar to those in the Penn Master Lease (the "Casino Queen Lease").

Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, Boyd Master Lease and Belterra Park Lease

In April 2016, the Company acquired substantially all of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. ("Pinnacle") for approximately $4.8 billion. GLPI originally leased these assets back to Pinnacle, under a unitary triple-net lease the term of which expires on April 30, 2031, with no purchase option, followed by four remaining 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Pinnacle Master Lease"). On October 15, 2018, the Company completed its previously announced transactions with Penn, Pinnacle and Boyd to accommodate Penn's acquisition of the majority of Pinnacle's operations, pursuant to a definitive agreement and plan of merger between Penn and Pinnacle, dated December 17, 2017 (the "Penn-Pinnacle Merger"). Concurrent with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Company amended the

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Pinnacle Master Lease to allow for the sale of the operating assets of Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and Belterra Casino Resort from Pinnacle to Boyd (the "Amended Pinnacle Master Lease") and entered into a new unitary triple-net master lease agreement with Boyd (the "Boyd Master Lease") for these properties on terms similar to the Company’s Amended Pinnacle Master Lease. The Boyd Master Lease has an initial term of 10 years (from the original April 2016 commencement date of the Pinnacle Master Lease and expiring April 30, 2026), with no purchase option, followed by five 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. The Company also purchased the real estate assets of Plainridge Park Casino ("Plainridge Park") from Penn for $250.0 million, exclusive of transaction fees and taxes, and added this property to the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease. The Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was assumed by Penn at the consummation of the Penn-Pinnacle Merger. The Company also entered into a mortgage loan agreement with Boyd in connection with Boyd's acquisition of Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment Center ("Belterra Park"), whereby the Company loaned Boyd $57.7 million (the "Belterra Park Loan"). In May 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Belterra Park in satisfaction of the Belterra Park Loan, subject to a long-term lease (the "Belterra Park Lease") with a Boyd affiliate operating the property. The Belterra Park Lease rent terms are consistent with the Boyd Master Lease. The annual rent is comprised of a fixed component, part of which is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities which is adjusted, subject to certain floors, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of Belterra Park during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

The Meadows Lease

The real estate assets of the Meadows Racetrack and Casino are leased to Penn pursuant to a single property triple-net lease (the "Meadows Lease"). The Meadows Lease commenced on September 9, 2016 and has an initial term of 10 years, with no purchase option, and the option to renew for three successive 5-year terms and one 4-year term (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. The Meadows Lease contains a fixed component, subject to annual escalators, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every two years to an amount determined by multiplying (i) 4% by (ii) the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing two-year period. The Meadows Lease contains an annual escalator provision for up to 5% of the base rent, if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, which remains at 5% until the earlier of ten years or the year in which total rent is $31 million, at which point the escalator will be reduced to 2% annually thereafter.

Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease

On October 1, 2018, the Company closed its previously announced transaction to acquire certain real property assets from Tropicana Entertainment Inc. ("Tropicana") and certain of its affiliates pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 15, 2018 between Tropicana and GLP Capital L.P, ("GLP Capital"), the operating partnership of GLPI, which was subsequently amended on October 1, 2018 (as amended, the "Amended Real Estate Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Real Estate Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired the real estate assets of Tropicana Atlantic City, Tropicana Evansville, Tropicana Laughlin, Trop Casino Greenville and the Belle of Baton Rouge (the "GLP Assets") from Tropicana for an aggregate cash purchase price of $964.0 million, exclusive of transaction fees and taxes (the "Tropicana Acquisition"). Concurrent with the Tropicana Acquisition, Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (now doing business as Caesars) acquired the operating assets of these properties from Tropicana pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 15, 2018 by and among Tropicana, GLP Capital, Caesars and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caesars and leased the GLP Assets from the Company pursuant to the terms of a new unitary triple-net master lease with an initial term of 15 years, with no purchase option, followed by four successive 5-year renewal periods (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Caesars Master Lease"). On June 15, 2020, the Company amended and restated the Caesars Master Lease (as amended, the "Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease") to, (i) extend the initial term of 15 years to 20 years, with renewals of up to an additional 20 years at the option of Caesars, (ii) remove the variable rent component in its entirety commencing with the third lease year, (iii) in the third lease year increase annual land base rent to approximately $23.6 million and annual building base rent to approximately $62.1 million, (iv) provide fixed escalation percentages that delay the escalation of building base rent until the commencement of the fifth lease year with building base rent increasing annually by 1.25% in the fifth and sixth lease year, 1.75% in the seventh and eighth lease years and 2% in the ninth lease year and each lease year thereafter, (v) subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, permit Caesars to elect to replace the Tropicana Evansville and/or Tropicana Greenville properties under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease with one or more of Caesars Gaming Scioto Downs, The Row in Reno, Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park, Isle Casino Hotel – Black Hawk, Lady Luck Casino – Black Hawk, Isle Casino Waterloo ("Waterloo"), Isle Casino Bettendorf ("Bettendorf") or Isle of Capri Casino Boonville, provided that the aggregate value of such new property, individually or collectively, is at least equal to the value of Tropicana Evansville or Tropicana Greenville, as applicable (vi) permit Caesars to elect to sell its interest in Belle of Baton Rouge and sever it from the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease (with no change to the rent obligation to the Company), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, and (vii) provide certain relief under the operating, capital expenditure and financial covenants thereunder

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in the event of facility closures due to pandemics, governmental restrictions and certain other instances of unavoidable delay. The effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease was subject to the review of certain gaming regulatory agencies and the expiration of applicable gaming regulatory advance notice periods which were received on July 23, 2020. On December 18, 2020, the Company and Caesars completed an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with subsidiaries of Caesars in which Caesars transferred to the Company the real estate assets of Waterloo and Bettendorf in exchange for the transfer by the Company to Caesars of the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville, plus a cash payment of $5.7 million. This resulted in a non-cash gain of $41.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represented the difference between the fair value of the properties received compared to the carrying value of Tropicana Evansville and the cash payment made. In connection with the Exchange Agreement, the annual building base rent was increased to $62.5 million and the annual land component was increased to$23.7 million

Lumière Place Lease

On October 1, 2018, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Caesars in connection with Caesars’s acquisition of Lumière Place Casino ("Lumière Place"), whereby the Company loaned Caesars $246.0 million (the "CZR loan"). The CZR loan bore interest at a rate equal to (i) 9.09% until October 1, 2019 and (ii) 9.27% until its maturity. On the one-year anniversary of the CZR loan, the mortgage evidenced by a deed of trust on the Lumière Place property terminated and the loan became unsecured. On June 24, 2020, the Company received approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission to own the Lumière Place property in satisfaction of the CZR loan. On September 29, 2020, the transaction closed and we entered into a new triple net lease with Caesars (the "Lumière Place Lease") the initial term of which expires on October 31, 2033, with 4 separate renewal options of five years each, exercisable at the tenant's option. The Lumière Place Lease's rent is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met.

Tropicana Las Vegas

On April 16, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries acquired the real property associated with the Tropicana Las Vegas from Penn in exchange for $307.5 million of rent credits to be applied against future rent obligations. This asset has been placed in our TRS Segment. See Note 7 for further details related to this transaction. Additionally, see Note 18 for the anticipated sale of the building and sale-lease back of the land for this asset.

Morgantown Lease

On October 1, 2020, the Company and Penn closed on their previously announced transaction whereby GLPI acquired the land under Penn's gaming facility under construction in Morgantown, Pennsylvania in exchange for $30.0 million in rent credits which were fully utilized by Penn in the fourth quarter of 2020. The Company is leasing the land back to an affiliate of Penn for an initial annual rent of $3.0 million, provided, however, that (i) on the opening date and on each anniversary thereafter the rent shall be increased by 1.5% annually (on a prorated basis for the remainder of the lease year in which the gaming facility opens) for each of the following three lease years and (ii) commencing on the fourth anniversary of the opening date and for each anniversary thereafter, (a) if the Consumer Price Index (the "CPI") increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, the rent for such lease year shall increase by 1.25% of rent as of the immediately preceding lease year, and (b) if the CPI increase is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year subject to escalation provisions following the opening of the property (the "Morgantown Lease").

COVID-19

In the first quarter of 2020, it became clear that there was a global outbreak of a new strain of novel coronavirus COVID-19. The global, domestic and local response to the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve. Responses to the COVID-19 outbreak have included mandates from federal, state, and/or local authorities that required temporary closures of or imposed limitations on the operations of non-essential businesses. All of the Company's tenants' casino operations, in addition to the Company's two TRS Properties, were closed in mid-March 2020. Our properties began reopening at limited capacity in May 2020 and by early July 2020 nearly all had resumed operations at limited capacity. However, in the fourth quarter of 2020, increased spread of COVID-19 led some jurisdictions to impose temporary closures once again. As of the date of this filing, none of our properties are closed.

2.              Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the

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instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of GLPI and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses for the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Specifically, gains and losses from dispositions of properties were previously classified within General and administrative expenses and are now presented separately on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. The notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (our "Annual Report") should be read in conjunction with these condensed consolidated financial statements. The December 31, 2020 financial information has been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report and since the date of those financial statements, the Company has not had any significant changes to these accounting policies that have had a material impact on the Company's financial statements.

3.    New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform ("ASU 2020-04"). Reference rates such as London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") are widely used in a broad range of financial instruments and other agreements. Regulators and market participants in various jurisdictions have undertaken efforts, generally referred to as "reference rate reform", to eliminate certain reference rates and introduce new reference rates that are based on a larger and more liquid population of observable transactions. As a result of this reform initiative, certain widely used rates such as LIBOR are expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients for applying the guidance for contract modifications or other situations affected by reference rate reform, specifically addressing the accounting for modifications of contracts within the scope of ASC Topic 310 on receivables, ASC 470 on debt, and ASC 842 on leases and ASC subtopic 815-15 on embedded derivatives. Based on the limited amount of obligations and contracts the Company currently has that references LIBOR, the Company does not anticipate any material impact from this pronouncement.

4.              Real Estate Investments

Real estate investments, net, represents investments in 45 rental properties and the corporate headquarters building and is summarized as follows:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	2,667,616	$	2,667,616
Building and improvements	6,030,482		6,030,482
Total real estate investments	8,698,098		8,698,098
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,467,329)		(1,410,940)
Real estate investments, net	$	7,230,769	$	7,287,158

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5.              Property and Equipment Used in Operations

Property and equipment used in operations, net, consists of the following and primarily represents the assets utilized at the TRS Properties as the real estate will be leased to third party operators subsequent to the completion of the sale transactions as discussed in Note 6. 

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	30,566	$	30,540
Building and improvements	117,333		117,333
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment	28,789		28,767
Construction in progress	1,080		474
Total property and equipment	177,768		177,114
Less accumulated depreciation	(97,849)		(96,496)
Property and equipment, net	$	79,919	$	80,618

6. Assets Held for Sale

On November 25, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the operations of our Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge to Casino Queen for $28.2 million. The Company will retain ownership of all real estate assets at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and will simultaneously enter into a master lease with Casino Queen, which will include the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis that is currently leased by us to Casino Queen and the Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge facility (the "Casino Queen Master Lease"). The initial annual cash rent on the retained real estate will be approximately $21.4 million and the Casino Queen Master Lease will have an initial term of 15 years with four 5-year renewal options exercisable by the tenant. Additionally, the Company will complete the current land side development project that is in process and the rent under the Casino Queen Master Lease will be adjusted upon delivery to reflect a yield of 8.25% on GLPI's project costs. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2021.

On December 11, 2020, Penn agreed to purchase from the Company the operations of our Hollywood Casino Perryville, located in Perryville, Maryland, for $31.1 million, with the closing of such purchase, subject to regulatory approvals, expected to occur during the second half of 2021. Upon closing, the Company will lease the real estate of the Perryville facility to Penn pursuant to a lease providing for initial annual rent on the retained real estate of $7.77 million, subject to escalation provisions.

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The Company has classified the operating assets of the two properties above as Assets held for sale since we expect these transactions to close within 12 months and classified the respective liabilities within Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet which is comprised of the following (in thousands).

Assets
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	$	9,153
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	126
Cash and cash equivalents	30,626
Prepaid expenses	2,797
Goodwill	16,067
Other intangible assets	9,577
Other assets	2,111
Total	$	70,457
Liabilities
Accounts payable	87
Accrued expenses	3,830
Accrued salaries and wages	1,931
Gaming, property and other taxes	582
Lease liabilities	125
Other liabilities	804
Total which is classified in Other Liabilities	$	7,359

The assets held for sale reside in the Company's TRS Segment. See Note 15 for the pre-tax income of this segment for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is comprised solely of the properties above with the exception of $0.9 million of depreciation expense associated with Tropicana Las Vegas for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

7. Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities

Lease Assets

The Company is subject to various operating leases as lessee for both real estate and equipment, the majority of which are ground leases related to properties the Company leases to its tenants under triple-net operating leases. These ground leases may include fixed rent, as well as variable rent based upon an individual property’s performance or changes in an index such as the CPI and have maturity dates ranging from 2028 to 2108, when considering all renewal options. For certain of these ground leases, the Company’s tenants are responsible for payment directly to the third-party landlord. Under ASC 842, the Company is required to gross-up its condensed consolidated financial statements for these ground leases as the Company is considered the primary obligor. In conjunction with the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019, the Company recorded right-of-use assets and related lease liabilities on its condensed consolidated balance sheet to represent its rights to use the underlying leased assets and its future lease obligations, respectively, including for those ground leases paid directly by our tenants. Because the right-of-use asset relates, in part, to the same leases which resulted in the land right assets the Company recorded on its condensed consolidated balance sheet in conjunction with the Company's assumption of below market leases at the time it acquired the related land and building assets, the Company is required to report the right-of-use assets and land rights in the aggregate on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Land rights, net represent the Company's rights to land subject to long-term ground leases. The Company obtained ground lease rights through the acquisition of several of its rental properties and immediately subleased the land to its tenants. These land rights represent the below market value of the related ground leases. The Company assessed the acquired ground leases to determine if the lease terms were favorable or unfavorable, given market conditions at the acquisition date. Because

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the market rents to be received under the Company's triple-net tenant leases were greater than the rents to be paid under the acquired ground leases, the Company concluded that the ground leases were below market and were therefore required to be recorded as a definite lived asset (land rights) on its books.

Components of the Company's right-of use assets and land rights, net are detailed below (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Right-of use assets - operating leases (1)	$	150,917	$	151,339
Land rights, net	615,015		617,858
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	$	765,932	$	769,197

(1) In addition, there is $0.1 million and $0.3 million of operating lease right-of-use assets included in assets held for sale at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Land Rights

The land rights are amortized over the individual lease term of the related ground lease, including all renewal options, which ranged from 10 years to 92 years at their respective acquisition dates. Land rights net, consist of the following:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land rights	$	667,751	$	667,751
Less accumulated amortization	(52,736)		(49,893)
Land rights, net	$	615,015	$	617,858

As of March 31, 2021, estimated future amortization expense related to the Company’s land rights by fiscal year is as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021 (remainder of year)	$	8,529
2022	11,372
2023	11,372
2024	11,372
2025	11,372
Thereafter	560,998
Total	$	615,015

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Lease Liabilities

At March 31, 2021, maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021 (remainder of year)	$	8,310
2022	11,082
2023	11,081
2024	11,034
2025	10,984
Thereafter	569,957
Total lease payments	$	622,448
Less: interest	(470,544)
Present value of lease liabilities (1)	$	151,904

(1) In addition, there is $0.1 million of lease liabilities included in other liabilities related to liabilities held for sale.

Lease Expense

Operating lease costs represent the entire amount of expense recognized for operating leases that are recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Variable lease costs are not included in the measurement of the lease liability and include both lease payments tied to a property's performance and changes in an index such as the CPI that are not determinable at lease commencement, while short-term lease costs are costs for those operating leases with a term of 12 months or less.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)		(in thousands)
Operating lease cost	$	2,928	$	3,695
Variable lease cost	1,010		1,462
Short-term lease cost	327		227
Amortization of land right assets	2,843		3,020
Total lease cost	$	7,108	$	8,404

Amortization expense related to the land right intangibles, as well as variable lease costs and the majority of the Company's operating lease costs are recorded within land rights and ground lease expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company's short-term lease costs as well as a small portion of operating lease costs are recorded in both gaming, food, beverage and other expense and general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

Supplemental Disclosures Related to Leases

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows:

	March 31, 2021
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	56.23 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	6.73%

In addition, the weighted average remaining lease term and the weighted average discount rate for those operating

leases included in assets held for sale and other liabilities is 1.73 years and 4.36%, respectively.

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Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of leases liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases (1) (2)	$	404	$	488
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations:
Operating leases	$	—	$	185

(1) The Company's cash paid for operating leases is significantly less than the lease cost for the same period due to the majority of the Company's ground lease rent being paid directly to the landlords by the Company's tenants. Although GLPI expends no cash related to these leases, they are required to be grossed up in the Company's financial statements under ASC 842.

(2) In addition, there is $36 thousand related to assets held for sale and other liabilities for operating cash flows from cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

8.              Long-term Debt

Long-term debt is as follows: 

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Unsecured $1,175 million revolver	$	—	$	—
Unsecured term loan A-2	424,019		424,019
$500 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due November 2023	500,000		500,000
$400 million 3.35% senior unsecured notes due September 2024	400,000		400,000
$850 million 5.25% senior unsecured notes due June 2025	850,000		850,000
$975 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due April 2026	975,000		975,000
$500 million 5.75% senior unsecured notes due June 2028	500,000		500,000
$750 million 5.30% senior unsecured notes due January 2029	750,000		750,000
$700 million 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2030	700,000		700,000
$700 million 4.00%senior unsecured notes due January 2031	700,000		700,000
Finance lease liability	827		860
Total long-term debt	5,799,846		5,799,879
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	(42,721)		(45,190)
Total long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	$	5,757,125	$	5,754,689

The following is a schedule of future minimum repayments of long-term debt as of March 31, 2021 (in thousands): 

Within one year	$	137
2-3 years	924,313
4-5 years	1,250,324
Over 5 years	3,625,072
Total minimum payments	$	5,799,846

Senior Unsecured Credit Facility

Prior to June 25, 2020, the Company's senior unsecured credit facility (the "Credit Facility") consisted of a $1,175 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolver") with a maturity date of May 21, 2023, and a $449 million Term Loan A-1 facility with a maturity date of April 28, 2021.

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The Company fully drew down on its Revolver in the first quarter of 2020 to increase its liquidity position and repay certain senior unsecured notes. On June 25, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the Credit Facility (as amended, the "Amended Credit Facility" which extended the maturity date of approximately $224 million of outstanding Term Loan A-1 facility borrowings to May 21, 2023, which term loans are now classified as a new tranche of term loans (Term Loans A-2). Additionally, the Company borrowed incremental Term Loans A-2 totaling $200 million. Furthermore, on June 25, 2020, the Company also closed on an offering of $500 million of 4.00% unsecured senior notes due in January 2031 at an issue price equal to 98.827% of the principal amount. The Company utilized the proceeds from these two financings along with cash on hand to repay all outstanding obligations under its Revolver. On August 18, 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $200 million of 4.00% unsecured senior notes due in January 2031 at an issue price equal to 103.824% of the principal amount. The Company utilized the net proceeds from this additional borrowing to repay indebtedness under the Term Loan A-1 facility.

At March 31, 2021, the Amended Credit Facility had a gross outstanding balance of $424.0 million, consisting of the Term Loan A-2 facility. Additionally, at March 31, 2021, the Company was contingently obligated under letters of credit issued pursuant to the Amended Credit Facility with face amounts aggregating approximately $0.4 million, resulting in $1,174.6 million available borrowing capacity under the Revolver as of March 31, 2021.

The interest rates payable on the loans are, at the Company's option, equal to either a LIBOR rate or a base rate plus an applicable margin, which ranges from 1.0% to 2.0% per annum for LIBOR loans and 0.0% to 1.0% per annum for base rate loans, in each case, depending on the credit ratings assigned to the Credit Facility. At March 31, 2021, the applicable margin was 1.50% for LIBOR loans and 0.50% for base rate loans. In addition, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments under the Revolver at a rate that ranges from 0.15% to 0.35% per annum, depending on the credit ratings assigned to the Credit Facility. At March 31, 2021, the commitment fee rate was 0.25%. The Company is not required to repay any loans under the Credit Facility prior to maturity and may prepay all or any portion of the loans under the Credit Facility prior to maturity without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of any LIBOR breakage costs of the lenders. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, GLP Capital, is the primary obligor under the Credit Facility, which is guaranteed by GLPI.

The Amended Credit Facility contains customary covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of GLPI and its subsidiaries to grant liens on their assets, incur indebtedness, sell assets, make investments, engage in acquisitions, mergers or consolidations or pay certain dividends and other restricted payments. The Amended Credit Facility contains the following financial covenants, which are measured quarterly on a trailing four-quarter basis: a maximum total debt to total asset value ratio, a maximum senior secured debt to total asset value ratio, a maximum ratio of certain recourse debt to unencumbered asset value and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. In addition, GLPI is required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth and its status as a REIT. GLPI is permitted to pay dividends to its shareholders as may be required in order to maintain REIT status, subject to the absence of payment or bankruptcy defaults. GLPI is also permitted to make other dividends and distributions subject to pro forma compliance with the financial covenants and the absence of defaults. The Amended Credit Facility also contains certain customary affirmative covenants and events of default, including the occurrence of a change of control and termination of the Penn Master Lease (subject to certain replacement rights). The occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Amended Credit Facility will enable the lenders under the Amended Credit Facility to accelerate the loans and terminate the commitments thereunder. At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants under the Amended Credit Facility.

Senior Unsecured Notes

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company redeemed all $215.2 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.875% senior unsecured notes due in November 2020 and all $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.375% senior unsecured notes due in April 2021. The Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of $17.3 million, primarily for call premium charges and debt issuance write-offs.

At March 31, 2021, the Company had $5,375.0 million of outstanding senior unsecured notes (the "Senior Notes"). Each of the Company's Senior Notes contain covenants limiting the Company’s ability to: incur additional debt and use its assets to secure debt; merge or consolidate with another company; and make certain amendments to the Penn Master Lease. The Senior Notes also require the Company to maintain a specified ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured debt. These covenants are subject to a number of important and significant limitations, qualifications and exceptions.

At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants under its Senior Notes.

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9. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value are classified based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. ASC 820 - Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820") establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes fair value measurements based on the types of inputs used for the various valuation techniques (market approach, income approach, and cost approach). The levels of the hierarchy related to the subjectivity of the valuation inputs are described below:

•Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 

•Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; these include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. 

•Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity.

    The Company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following methods and assumptions are used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents approximates the carrying value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, due to the short maturity of the cash equivalents.

Deferred Compensation Plan Assets

The Company's deferred compensation plan assets consist of open-ended mutual funds and as such the fair value measurement of the assets is considered a Level 1 measurement as defined under ASC 820. Deferred compensation plan assets are included within other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Long-term Debt

The fair value of the Senior Notes are estimated based on quoted prices in active markets and as such is a Level 1 measurement as defined under ASC 820. The fair value of the obligations in our Amended Credit Facility is based on indicative pricing from market information (Level 2 inputs).

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (1)	$	520,740	$	520,740	$	486,451	$	486,451
Deferred compensation plan assets	31,005		31,005		35,514		35,514
Financial liabilities:
Long-term debt:
Amended Credit Facility	424,019		424,019		424,019		424,019
Senior Notes	5,375,000		5,903,868		5,375,000		6,026,840

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(1) In addition, there is $30.6 million at March 31, 2021 and $22.1 million at December 31, 2020 in cash and cash equivalents in assets held for sale.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

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10.              Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is subject to various legal and administrative proceedings relating to personal injuries, employment matters, commercial transactions, and other matters arising in the normal course of business. The Company does not believe that the final outcome of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In addition, the Company maintains what it believes is adequate insurance coverage to further mitigate the risks of such proceedings. However, such proceedings can be costly, time consuming, and unpredictable and, therefore, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of such proceedings may not materially impact the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. Further, no assurance can be given that the amount or scope of existing insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover losses arising from such matters. 

11. Revenue Recognition

As of March 31, 2021, 19 of the Company’s real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Penn under the Penn Master Lease, an additional 12 of the Company's real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Penn under the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, 6 of the Company's real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Caesars under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease and 3 of the Company's real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Boyd under the Boyd Master Lease. Additionally, the Meadows real estate assets are leased to Penn pursuant to the Meadows Lease, the land under a Penn development facility is subject to the Morgantown Lease and the Casino Queen real estate assets are leased back to the operator under the Casino Queen Lease. Finally, the Company has single property triple net leases with Caesars under the Lumière Place Lease and Boyd under the Belterra Park Lease.

The obligations under the Penn Master Lease and Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, as well as the Meadows Lease and Morgantown Lease are guaranteed by Penn and, with respect to each lease, jointly and severally by Penn's subsidiaries that occupy and operate the facilities covered by such lease. Similarly, the obligations under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease are jointly and severally guaranteed by Caesars and by most of Caesars subsidiaries that occupy and operate the leased facilities. The obligations under the Boyd Master Lease are jointly and severally guaranteed by Boyd's subsidiaries that occupy and operate the facilities leased under the Boyd Master Lease.

The rent structure under the Penn Master Lease includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities, which is prospectively adjusted, (i) every five years to an amount equal to 4% of the average net revenues of all facilities under the Penn Master Lease (other than Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo) during the preceding five years in excess of a contractual baseline, and (ii) monthly by an amount equal to 20% of the net revenues of Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo during the preceding month in excess of a contractual baseline, although Hollywood Casino Toledo has a monthly percentage rent floor which equals $22.9 million annually due to Penn's acquisition of a competing facility, Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, Michigan.

Similar to the Penn Master Lease, the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease also includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities, which is prospectively adjusted subject to certain floors (namely the Bossier City Boomtown property due to Penn's acquisition of a competing facility, Margaritaville Resort Casino), every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average net revenues of all facilities under the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

On July 23, 2020, the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease became effective as described more fully in Note 1. This modification was accounted for as a new lease which the Company concluded continued to meet the criteria for operating lease treatment. As a result, the existing deferred revenue at the time of the amendment is being recognized in the income statement over the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease's new initial lease term, which now expires in September 2038. The Company has concluded the renewal options of up to an additional 20 years at the tenant's option are not reasonably certain of being exercised as failure to renew would not result in a significant penalty to the tenant. In addition, the guaranteed fixed escalations in the new initial lease term will be recognized on a straight line basis.

On December 18, 2020, following the receipt of required regulatory approvals, the Company and Caesars completed the Exchange Agreement with subsidiaries of Caesars in which Caesars transferred to the Company the real estate assets of Waterloo and Bettendorf in exchange for the transfer by the Company to Caesars of the real property assets of Tropicana

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Evansville, plus a cash payment of $5.7 million. The Waterloo and Bettendorf facilities were added to the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease and the rent was increased by $520,000 annually. This Exchange Transaction resulted in a reconsideration of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease which resulted in the continuation of operating lease treatment for accounting classification purposes.

The Boyd Master Lease includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities, which is adjusted, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of all facilities under the Boyd Master Lease during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

In May 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Belterra Park in satisfaction of the Belterra Park Loan, subject to the Belterra Park Lease with a Boyd affiliate operating the property. The Belterra Park Lease rent terms are consistent with the Boyd Master Lease. The annual rent is comprised of a fixed component, part of which is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities which is adjusted, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of Belterra Park during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

On September 29, 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Lumière Place in satisfaction of the CZR loan, subject to the Lumière Place Lease, the initial term of which expires on October 31, 2033, with 4 separate renewal options of five years each, exercisable at the tenant's option. The Lumière Place Lease's rent is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met.

The Meadows Lease contains a fixed component, subject to annual escalators, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every two years to an amount determined by multiplying (i) 4% by (ii) the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing two-year period. The Meadows Lease contains an annual escalator provision for up to 5% of the base rent, if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, which remains at 5% until the earlier of ten years or the year in which total rent is $31.0 million, at which point the escalator will be reduced to 2% annually thereafter.

The Morgantown Lease became effective on October 1, 2020 whereby the Company is leasing the land under Penn's gaming facility under construction for an initial cash rent of $3.0 million, provided, however, that (i) on the opening date and on each anniversary thereafter the rent shall be increased by 1.5% annually (on a prorated basis for the remainder of the lease year in which the gaming facility opens) for each of the following three lease years and (ii) commencing on the fourth anniversary of the opening date and for each anniversary thereafter, (a) if the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, the rent for such lease year shall increase by 1.25% of rent as of the immediately preceding lease year, and (b) if the CPI increase is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year.

The rent structure under the Casino Queen Lease also includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every five years to an amount equal to the greater of (i) the annual amount of non-fixed rent applicable for the lease year immediately preceding such rent reset year and (ii) an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing five-year period.

Furthermore, the Company's master leases provide for a floor on the percentage rent described above, should the Company's tenants acquire or commence operating a competing facility within a restricted area (typically 60 miles from a property under the existing master lease with such tenant). These clauses provide landlord protections by basing the percentage rent floor for any affected facility on the net revenues of such facility for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the competing facility is acquired or first operated by the tenant. A percentage rent floor was triggered on Penn's Hollywood Casino Toledo property, as a result of Penn's purchase of the operations of the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, Michigan and a floor on the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was triggered on the Bossier City Boomtown property due to Penn's acquisition of Margaritaville Resort Casino.

In addition to rent, as triple-net lessees, all of the Company's tenants are required to pay the following executory costs: (1) all facility maintenance, (2) all insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, including coverage of the landlord's interests, (3) taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties (other than taxes on the income of the lessor) and (4) all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties.

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The Company determined, based on facts and circumstances prevailing at the time of each lease's inception, that neither Penn nor Casino Queen could continue as a going concern without the property(ies) that are leased to them under the Penn Master Lease and the Casino Queen Master Lease. At lease inception, all of Casino Queen's revenues and substantially all of Penn's revenues were generated from operations in connection with the leased properties. There are also various legal restrictions in the jurisdictions in which Penn, and Casino Queen operate that limit the availability and location of gaming facilities, which makes relocation or replacement of the leased gaming facilities restrictive and potentially impracticable or unavailable. Moreover, under the terms of the Penn Master Lease, Penn must make renewal elections with respect to all of the leased property together; the tenant is not entitled to selectively renew certain of the leased property while not renewing other property. Accordingly, the Company concluded that failure by Penn or Casino Queen to renew the Penn Master Lease or Casino Queen Lease, respectively, would impose a significant penalty on such tenant such that renewal of all lease renewal options appeared at lease inception to be reasonably assured. Therefore, the Company concluded that the term of the Penn Master Lease and the Casino Queen Lease is 35 years, equal to the initial 15-year term plus all four of the 5-year renewal options.

On October 15, 2018, in conjunction with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Pinnacle Master Lease was amended by a fourth amendment to allow for the sale of the operating assets of Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and Belterra Casino Resort from Pinnacle to Boyd. As a result of this amendment, the Company reassessed the lease's classification and determined the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease qualified for operating lease treatment under ASC 840. Therefore, subsequent to the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease is treated as an operating lease in its entirety. Because the properties under the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease did not represent a meaningful portion of Penn's business at the time Penn assumed the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, the Company concluded that the lease term of the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was 10 years, equal to the initial 10-year term only.

In connection with Penn exercising its first renewal option on October 1, 2020, the Company reassessed the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease as the lease term now concludes on May 1, 2031. The Company continued to conclude that each individual lease component within the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease meets the definition of an operating lease. The deferred rent and fixed minimum lease payments at October 1, 2020 are being recognized on a straight-line basis over the new initial lease term ending on May 1, 2031.

Because the Meadows Lease was a single property lease operated by a large multi-property operator, GLPI concluded it was not reasonably assured at lease inception that the operator would elect to exercise any lease renewal options. Therefore, the Company concluded that the lease term of the Meadows Lease was 10 years, equal to the initial 10-year term only. In conjunction with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, Penn assumed the Meadows Lease from Pinnacle. The accounting for the Meadows Lease, including the lease term was not impacted by the change in tenant. Based upon similar fact patterns, the Company concluded it was not reasonably assured at lease inception that Caesars or Boyd would elect to exercise all lease renewal options under the Caesars Master Lease and the Boyd Master Lease as the earnings from these properties did not represent a meaningful portion of either tenant's business at lease inception; therefore the Company concluded that the lease term of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease was its remaining initial lease term which was extended by 5 years when the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease became effective on July 23, 2020. The lease term of the Boyd Master Lease is 10 years, equal to the initial term of such master lease.

The Belterra Park Lease, Morgantown Lease and Lumière Park Lease are single property leases operated by large-multi-property operators and as such the Company concluded it was not reasonably assured at lease inception that the operator would elect to exercise any renewal options. Accordingly, the lease term of these leases is equal to their initial terms.

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Details of the Company's rental income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Building base rent (1)	$	172,449
Land base rent	51,408
Percentage rent	35,996
Total cash rental income	$	259,853
Straight-line rent adjustments	828
Ground rent in revenue	3,111
Other rental revenue	50
Total rental income	$	263,842

(1) Building base rent is subject to the annual rent escalators described above.

As of March 31, 2021, the future minimum rental income from the Company's rental properties under non-cancelable operating leases, including any reasonably assured renewal periods, was as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,	Future Rental Payments Receivable		Straight-Line Rent Adjustments		Future Base Ground Rents Receivable		Future Income to be Recognized Related to Operating Leases
2021 (remainder of year)	$	761,691	$	2,484	$	7,097	$	771,272
2022	987,785		22,180		9,468		1,019,433
2023	962,333		30,927		9,473		1,002,733
2024	930,017		30,053		9,480		969,550
2025	931,378		28,927		9,486		969,791
Thereafter	12,488,695		217,662		78,558		12,784,915
Total	$	17,061,899	$	332,233	$	123,562	$	17,517,694

The table above presents the cash rent the Company expects to receive from its tenants, offset by adjustments to recognize this rent on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company also includes the future non-cash revenue it expects to recognize from the fixed portion of tenant paid ground leases in the table above.

The Company may periodically loan funds to casino owner-operators for the purchase of real estate. Interest income related to real estate loans is recorded as revenue from real estate within the Company's consolidated statements of income in the period earned. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company had interest income from real estate loans of $7.3 million.

Gaming, Food, Beverage and Other Revenues

Gaming revenue generated by the TRS Properties mainly consists of revenue from slot machines, and to a lesser extent, table game and poker revenue. Gaming revenue is recognized net of certain sales incentives, including promotional allowances in accordance with ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company also defers a portion of the revenue received from customers (who participate in points-based loyalty programs) at the time of play until a later period when the points are redeemed or forfeited. Other revenues at our TRS Properties are derived from our dining, retail and certain other ancillary activities.

12. Earnings Per Share

The Company calculates earnings per share ("EPS") in accordance with ASC 260 - Earnings per Share ("ASC 260"). Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding net income attributable to participating securities (unvested restricted stock awards). Diluted EPS reflects the additional dilution for all potentially-dilutive securities such as stock options, unvested restricted shares and unvested performance-based restricted shares. In accordance with ASC 260, the Company includes all performance-based

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restricted shares that would have vested based upon the Company’s performance at quarter-end in the calculation of diluted EPS. Diluted EPS for the Company's common stock is computed using the more dilutive of the two-class method or the treasury stock method.

The following table reconciles the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic EPS to the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020: 

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021	2020
	(in thousands)
Determination of shares:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	232,775	215,090
Assumed conversion of restricted stock awards	116	50
Assumed conversion of performance-based restricted stock awards	574	309
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	233,465	215,449

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the Company’s common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020: 

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Calculation of basic EPS:
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	(157)		(144)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	127,027	$	96,750
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	232,775		215,090
Basic EPS	$	0.55	$	0.45
Calculation of diluted EPS:
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	233,465		215,449
Diluted EPS	$	0.54	$	0.45
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share	228		71

13.              Shareholders' Equity

Common Stock

On August 14, 2019, the Company commenced a continuous equity offering under which the Company may sell up to an aggregate of $600 million of its common stock from time to time through a sales agent in "at the market" offerings (the "ATM Program"). Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions, the trading price of the Company's common stock and determinations of the appropriate sources of funding. The Company may sell the shares in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company, but has no obligation to sell any of the shares in the ATM Program. The ATM Program also allows the Company to enter into forward sale agreements. In no event will the aggregate number of shares sold under the ATM Program (whether under any forward sale agreement or through a sales agent), have an aggregate sales price in excess of $600 million. The Company expects, that if it enters into a forward sale contract, to physically settle each forward sale agreement with the forward purchaser on one or more dates specified by the Company prior to the maturity date of that particular forward sale agreement, in which case the aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement will equal the number of shares underlying the particular forward sale agreement multiplied by the relevant forward sale price. However, the

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Company may also elect to cash settle or net share settle a particular forward sale agreement, in which case proceeds may or may not be received or cash may be owed to the forward purchaser.

In connection with the ATM Program, the Company engaged a sales agent who may receive compensation of up to 2% of the gross sales price of the shares sold. Similarly, in the event the Company enters into a forward sale agreement, it will pay the relevant forward seller a commission of up to 2% of the sales price of all borrowed shares of common stock sold during the applicable selling period of the forward sale agreement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not sell any shares of its common stock under the ATM Program. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $599.6 million remaining for issuance under the ATM Program and had not entered into any forward sale agreements.

Dividends

The following table lists the dividends declared and paid by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

Declaration Date	Shareholder Record Date	Securities Class	Dividend Per Share		Period Covered	Distribution Date	Dividend Amount
							(in thousands)
2021
February 22, 2021	March 9, 2021	Common Stock	$0.65		First Quarter 2021	March 23, 2021	$	151,308
2020
February 20, 2020	March 6, 2020	Common Stock	$	0.70	First Quarter 2020	March 20, 2020	$	150,574

In addition, for both the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, dividend payments were made to GLPI restricted stock award holders in the amount of $0.2 million.

14. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock compensation under ASC 718 - Compensation - Stock Compensation, which requires the Company to expense the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. This expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period following the date of grant. The fair value of the Company's time-based restricted stock awards is equivalent to the closing stock price on the day of grant. The Company utilizes a third party valuation firm to measure the fair value of performance-based restricted stock awards at grant date using the Monte Carlo model.

As of March 31, 2021, there was $6.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost for restricted stock awards that will be recognized over the grants' remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.90 years. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $3.4 million of compensation expense associated with these awards, compared to $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, within general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table contains information on restricted stock award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

	Number of Award Shares
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	252,560
Granted	236,569
Released	(200,542)
Canceled	(300)
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	288,287

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Performance-based restricted stock awards have a three-year cliff vesting with the amount of restricted shares vesting at the end of the three-year period determined based upon the Company’s performance as measured against its peers.  More specifically, the percentage of shares vesting at the end of the measurement period will be based on the Company’s three-year total shareholder return measured against the three-year total shareholder return of the companies included in the MSCI US REIT index and the Company's stock performance ranking among a group of triple-net REIT peer companies. The triple-net measurement group includes publicly traded REITs, which the Company believes derive at least 75% of revenues from triple-net leases. As of March 31, 2021, there was $18.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, which will be recognized over the performance-based restricted stock awards' remaining weighted average vesting period of 2.25 years.  For both the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $2.4 million of compensation expense associated with these awards within general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table contains information on performance-based restricted stock award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

	Number of  Performance-Based Award Shares
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	1,193,994
Granted	478,000
Released	(366,888)
Canceled	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	1,305,106

15.       Segment Information

Consistent with how the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (as such term is defined in ASC 280 - Segment Reporting) reviews and assesses the Company’s financial performance, the Company has two reportable segments, GLP Capital, L.P. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of GLPI through which GLPI owns substantially all of its real estate assets) and the TRS Segment. The GLP Capital reportable segment consists of the leased real property and represents the majority of the Company’s business. The TRS Segment consists of Hollywood Casino Perryville and Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge, as well as the real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas.

The following tables present certain information with respect to the Company’s segments.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021						Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
(in thousands)	GLP Capital (1)		TRS Segment (2)		Total		GLP Capital (1)		TRS Segment		Total
Total revenues	$	263,842	$	37,701	$	301,543	$	256,723	$	26,759	$	283,482
Income from operations	190,171		9,930		200,101		183,184		3,166		186,350
Interest expense	65,954		4,459		70,413		69,403		2,601		72,004
Income before income taxes	124,340		5,472		129,812		96,648		565		97,213
Income tax expense	292		2,336		2,628		127		192		319
Net income	124,048		3,136		127,184		96,521		373		96,894
Depreciation	56,861		1,840		58,701		54,776		1,787		56,563
Capital project expenditures	—		606		606		—		—		—
Capital maintenance expenditures	21		417		438		88		558		646

(1)              Interest expense is net of intercompany interest eliminations of $4.5 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(2) Results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 include depreciation expense of $0.9 million associated with Tropicana Las Vegas.

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16.       Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information and Noncash Activities

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$	24	$	—
Cash paid for interest	$	58,645	$	52,339

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company did not engage in any noncash investing and financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

17. Pending Acquisitions

In addition to the two pending transactions discussed in Note 6, on October 27, 2020, the Company entered into a series of definitive agreements pursuant to which a subsidiary of Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY) ("Bally's") will reacquire 100% of the equity interests in the Caesars subsidiary that currently operates Tropicana Evansville and the Company will acquire the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville from Caesars for a cash purchase price of approximately $340.0 million. The Company also entered into a real estate purchase agreement with Bally's pursuant to which it will purchase the real estate assets of the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, located in Dover, Delaware, which is currently owned and operated by Bally's, for a cash purchase price of approximately$144.0 million. At the close of these transactions, which are expected to occur in mid-2021, subject to regulatory approvals, the Tropicana Evansville and Dover Downs Hotel & Casino facilities will be added to a new master lease ("Bally's Master Lease"). The Company anticipates that the Bally's Master Lease will have an initial term of 15 years, with no purchase option, followed by four five-year renewal options (exercisable by Bally's) on the same terms and conditions. Rent under the Bally's Master Lease will be $40.0 million annually and is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% determined in relation to the annual increase in the CPI.

18. Subsequent Events

On April 13, 2021, the Company announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet with Bally's to acquire the real estate of Bally’s casino property in Black Hawk, CO and the property Bally's plans to acquire in Rock Island, IL, in a transaction which is subject to regulatory approval. Total consideration for the acquisition is $150 million. The parties expect to add the properties to the Bally's Master Lease which is expected to generate incremental rent of $12 million. The acquisitions of the real estate assets by the Company of Bally’s properties in Rock Island and Black Hawk are expected to close in early 2022.

In addition, Bally’s has granted GLPI a right of first refusal to fund the real property acquisition or development project costs associated with any and all potential future transactions in Michigan, Maryland, New York and Virginia through one or more sale-leaseback or similar transactions for a term of seven years.

Bally’s also plans to acquire both GLPI’s non-land real estate assets and Penn's outstanding equity interests in Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Inc. for an aggregate cash acquisition price of $150 million. GLPI would retain ownership of the land and would concurrently enter into a 50 years ground lease with initial annual rent of $10.5 million. The ground lease would be supported by a Bally’s corporate guarantee and cross-defaulted with the Bally's Master Lease. This transaction is expected to close in early 2022.

Both GLPI and Bally’s have committed to a structure in which GLPI has the potential to acquire additional assets in sale-leaseback transactions to the extent Bally’s elects to utilize GLPI’s capital as a funding source for its proposed acquisition of Gamesys Group plc. The $500 million commitment provides Bally’s an alternative financing commitment which at GLPI’s sole discretion may be funded in the form of equity, additional pr.epaid sale-leaseback transactions or secured loans.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Our Operations

GLPI is a self-administered and self-managed Pennsylvania REIT. The Company was formed from the 2013 tax-free spin-off of the real estate assets of Penn and was incorporated in Pennsylvania on February 13, 2013, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn. On November 1, 2013, Penn contributed to GLPI, through a series of internal corporate restructurings, substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with Penn's real property interests and real estate development business, as well as the assets and liabilities of Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. (d/b/a Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge) and Penn Cecil Maryland, Inc. (d/b/a Hollywood Casino Perryville) (which are referred to herein as the "TRS Properties") and then spun-off GLPI to holders of Penn's common and preferred stock in a tax-free distribution (the "Spin-Off"). In addition, during 2020, the Company and Tropicana LV, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which holds the real estate of the Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort ("Tropicana Las Vegas"), elected to treat Tropicana LV, LLC as a “taxable REIT subsidiary,” which together with the TRS Properties and GLP Holdings, Inc. is the Company's TRS segment (the "TRS Segment").

In connection with the Spin-Off, Penn allocated its accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) for periods prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off between Penn and GLPI. In connection with its election to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the year ended December 31, 2014, GLPI declared a special dividend to its shareholders to distribute any accumulated earnings and profits relating to the real property assets and attributable to any pre-REIT years, including any earnings and profits allocated to GLPI in connection with the Spin-Off, to comply with certain REIT qualification requirements. The assets and liabilities of GLPI were recorded at their respective historical carrying values at the time of the Spin-Off.

GLPI's primary business consists of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements. As of March 31, 2021, GLPI's portfolio consisted of interests in 48 gaming and related facilities, including the TRS Segment, the real property associated with 33 gaming and related facilities operated by Penn, the real property associated with 7 gaming and related facilities operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation ("Caesars"), the real property associated with 4 gaming and related facilities operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation ("Boyd") and the real property associated with the Casino Queen Holding Company Inc. ("Casino Queen") in East St. Louis, Illinois. These facilities, including our corporate headquarters building, are geographically diversified across 16 states and contain approximately 24.3 million square feet. As of March 31, 2021, our properties were 100% occupied. We expect to continue growing our portfolio by pursuing opportunities to acquire additional gaming facilities to lease to gaming operators under prudent terms.

Penn Master Lease and Casino Queen Lease

As a result of the Spin-Off, GLPI owns substantially all of Penn’s former real property assets (as of the consummation of the Spin-Off) and leases back most of those assets to Penn for use by its subsidiaries, under a unitary master lease, a triple-net operating lease the term of which expires October 31, 2033, with no purchase option, followed by three remaining 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Penn Master Lease"), and GLPI also owns and operates the TRS Properties. GLPI leases the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis back to its operators on a triple-net basis on terms similar to those in the Penn Master Lease (the "Casino Queen Lease").

Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, Boyd Master Lease and Belterra Park Lease

In April 2016, the Company acquired substantially all of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. ("Pinnacle") for approximately $4.8 billion. GLPI originally leased these assets back to Pinnacle, under a unitary triple-net lease, the term of which expires on April 30, 2031, with no purchase option, followed by four remaining 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Pinnacle Master Lease"). On October 15, 2018, the Company completed the previously announced transactions with Penn, Pinnacle and Boyd to accommodate Penn's acquisition of the majority of Pinnacle's operations, pursuant to a definitive agreement and plan of merger between. Penn and Pinnacle, dated December 17, 2017 (the "Penn-Pinnacle Merger"). Concurrent with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Company amended the Pinnacle Master Lease to allow for the sale of the operating assets of Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and Belterra Casino Resort from Pinnacle to Boyd (the "Amended Pinnacle Master Lease") and entered into a new unitary triple-net master lease agreement with Boyd (the "Boyd Master Lease") for these properties on terms similar to the Company’s Amended Pinnacle Master Lease. The Boyd Master Lease has an initial term of 10 years (from the original April 2016 commencement date of the Pinnacle Master Lease and expiring April 30, 2026), with no purchase option, followed by five 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. The Company also purchased the real estate assets of Plainridge Park Casino ("Plainridge Park") from Penn for $250.0 million, exclusive of transaction fees and

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taxes and added this property to the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease. The Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was assumed by Penn at the consummation of the Penn-Pinnacle Merger. The Company also entered into a mortgage loan agreement with Boyd in connection with Boyd's acquisition of Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment ("Belterra Park") whereby the Company loaned Boyd $57.7 million (the "Belterra Park Loan"). In May 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Belterra Park in satisfaction of the Belterra Park Loan, subject to a long-term lease (the "Belterra Park Lease") with a Boyd affiliate operating the property. The Belterra Park Lease rent terms are consistent with the Boyd Master Lease. The annual rent is comprised of a fixed component, part of which is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities which is adjusted, subject to certain floors, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of Belterra Park during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

The Meadows Lease

The real estate assets of the Meadows Racetrack and Casino are leased to Penn pursuant to single property triple-net lease (the "Meadows Lease"). The Meadows Lease commenced on September 9, 2016 and has an initial term of 10 years, with no purchase option, and the option to renew for three successive 5-year terms and one 4-year term (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. The Meadows Lease contains a fixed component, subject to annual escalators, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every two years to an amount determined by multiplying (i) 4% by (ii) the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing two-year period. The Meadows Lease contains an annual escalator provision for up to 5% of the base rent, if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, which remains at 5% until the earlier of ten years or the year in which total rent is $31 million, at which point the escalator will be reduced to 2% annually thereafter.

Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease

On October 1, 2018, the Company closed its previously announced transaction to acquire certain real property assets from Tropicana Entertainment Inc. ("Tropicana") and certain of its affiliates pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 15, 2018 between Tropicana and GLP Capital L.P, ("GLP Capital"), the operating partnership of GLPI, which was subsequently amended on October 1, 2018 (as amended, the "Amended Real Estate Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Real Estate Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired the real estate assets of Tropicana Atlantic City, Tropicana Evansville, Tropicana Laughlin, Trop Casino Greenville and the Belle of Baton Rouge (the "GLP Assets") from Tropicana for an aggregate cash purchase price of $964.0 million, exclusive of transaction fees and taxes (the "Tropicana Acquisition"). Concurrent with the Tropicana Acquisition, Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (now doing business as Caesars) acquired the operating assets of these properties from Tropicana pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 15, 2018 by and among Tropicana, GLP Capital, Caesars and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caesars and leased the GLP Assets from the Company pursuant to the terms of a new unitary triple-net master lease with an initial term of 15 years, with no purchase option, followed by four successive 5-year renewal periods (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Caesars Master Lease"). On June 15, 2020, the Company amended and restated the Caesars Master Lease (as amended, the "Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease") to, (i) extend the initial term of 15 years to 20 years, with renewals of up to an additional 20 years at the option of Caesars, (ii) remove the variable rent component in its entirety commencing with the third lease year, (iii) in the third lease year increase annual land base rent to approximately $23.6 million and annual building base rent to approximately $62.1 million, (iv) provide fixed escalation percentages that delay the escalation of building base rent until the commencement of the fifth lease year with building base rent increasing annually by 1.25% in the fifth and sixth lease year, 1.75% in the seventh and eighth lease years and 2% in the ninth lease year and each lease year thereafter, (v) subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, permit Caesars to elect to replace the Tropicana Evansville and/or Tropicana Greenville properties under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease with one or more of Caesars Gaming Scioto Downs, The Row in Reno, Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park, Isle Casino Hotel – Black Hawk, Lady Luck Casino – Black Hawk, Isle Casino Waterloo ("Waterloo"), Isle Casino Bettendorf ("Bettendorf") or Isle of Capri Casino Boonville, provided that the aggregate value of such new property, individually or collectively, is at least equal to the value of Tropicana Evansville or Tropicana Greenville, as applicable, (vi) permit Caesars to elect to sell its interest in Belle of Baton Rouge and sever it from the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease (with no change to the rent obligation to the Company), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, and (vii) provide certain relief under the operating, capital expenditure and financial covenants thereunder in the event of facility closures due to pandemics, governmental restrictions and certain other instances of unavoidable delay. The effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease was subject to the review of certain gaming regulatory agencies and the expiration of applicable gaming regulatory advance notice periods which were received on July 23, 2020. On December 18, 2020, the Company and Caesars completed an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with subsidiaries of Caesars in which Caesars transferred to the Company the real estate assets of Waterloo and Bettendorf in exchange for the transfer by the Company to Caesars of the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville, plus a cash payment of $5.7 million. This resulted in a non-cash gain of $41.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represented the difference

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between the fair value of the properties received compared to the carrying value of Tropicana Evansville and the cash payment made. In connection with the Exchange Agreement, the annual building base rent was increased to $62.5 million and the annual land component was increased to $23.7 million.

Lumière Place Lease

On October 1, 2018, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Caesars in connection with Caesars’s acquisition of Lumière Place Casino ("Lumière Place"), whereby the Company loaned Caesars $246.0 million (the "CZR loan"). The CZR loan bore interest at a rate equal to (i) 9.09% until October 1, 2019 and (ii) 9.27% until its maturity. On the one-year anniversary of the CZR loan, the mortgage evidenced by a deed of trust on the Lumière Place property terminated and the loan became unsecured. On June 24, 2020, the Company received approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission to own the Lumière Place property in satisfaction of the CZR loan. On September 29, 2020, the transaction closed and we entered into a new triple net lease with Caesars (the "Lumière Place Lease") the initial term of which expires on October 31, 2033, with 4 separate renewal options of five years each, exercisable at the tenant's option. The Lumière Place Lease's rent is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met.

Tropicana Las Vegas

On April 16, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries closed on its previously announced transaction to acquire the real property associated with the Tropicana Las Vegas from Penn in exchange for rent credits of $307.5 million, which were applied against future rent obligations due under the parties' existing leases during 2020. An affiliate of Penn will continue to operate the casino and hotel business of the Tropicana Las Vegas pursuant to a triple net lease with GLPI for nominal rent for the earlier of two years (subject to three one-year extensions at the Company's option) or until the Tropicana Las Vegas is sold. We conducted a sale process with respect to the Tropicana Las Vegas, with Penn receiving 75% of the net proceeds above $307.5 million (plus certain taxes, expenses and costs) if a sale agreement is signed during the first 12 months following closing and 50% of net proceeds above $307.5 million (plus certain taxes, expenses and costs) if a sale agreement is signed during the subsequent 12 months following closing. Penn will not be entitled to receive any net sale proceeds if the relevant sale agreement is signed at any time after 24 months from closing.

Morgantown Lease

On October 1, 2020, the Company and Penn closed on their previously announced transaction whereby GLPI acquired the land under Penn's gaming facility under construction in Morgantown, Pennsylvania in exchange for $30.0 million in rent credits that were utilized by Penn in the fourth quarter of 2020. The Company is leasing the land back to an affiliate of Penn for an initial annual rent of $3.0 million, provided, however, that (i) on the opening date and on each anniversary thereafter the rent shall be increased by 1.5% annually (on a prorated basis for the remainder of the lease year in which the gaming facility opens) for each of the following three lease years and (ii) commencing on the fourth anniversary of the opening date and for each anniversary thereafter, (a) if the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, the rent for such lease year shall increase by 1.25% of rent as of the immediately preceding lease year, and (b) if the CPI increase is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year subject to escalation provisions following the opening of the property (the "Morgantown Lease").

Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge

On November 25, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the operations of our Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge to Casino Queen for $28.2 million (the "HCBR transaction"). The Company will retain ownership of all real estate assets at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and will simultaneously enter into a master lease with Casino Queen, which will include the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis that is currently leased by us to them and the Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge facility. The initial annual cash rent will be approximately $21.4 million and the lease will have an initial term of 15 years with four 5 year renewal options exercisable by the tenant. This rental amount will be increased annually by 0.5% for the first six years. Beginning with the seventh lease year through the remainder of the lease term, if the CPI increases by at least 0.25% for any lease year then annual rent shall be increased by 1.25%, and if the CPI increase is less than 0.25% then rent will remain unchanged for such lease year. Additionally, the Company will complete the current landside development project that is in process and the rent under the master lease will be adjusted upon delivery to reflect a yield of 8.25% on GLPI's project costs. The Company will also have a right of first refusal with Casino Queen for other sale leaseback transactions up to $50 million over the next 2 years. Finally, upon the closing of the transaction, which is anticipated to occur in mid 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, GLPI will forgive the unsecured $13.0 million, 5.5 year term loan made to CQ Holding Company, Inc., an affiliate of Casino Queen, which has been previously written off in return for a one-time cash payment of $4 million.

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Hollywood Casino Perryville

On December 11, 2020, Penn agreed to purchase from the Company the operations of our Hollywood Casino Perryville, located in Perryville, Maryland, for $31.1 million, with the closing of such purchase, subject to regulatory approvals, expected to occur during calendar year 2021 on a date selected by Penn with reasonable prior notice to the Company unless otherwise agreed by both parties. Upon closing, the Company will lease the real estate assets of the Hollywood Casino Perryville to Penn pursuant to a lease providing for initial annual rent of $7.77 million, $5.83 million of which will be subject to escalation provisions beginning in the second lease year through the fourth lease year and shall increase by 1.50% and then to 1.25% for the remaining lease term. The escalation provisions beginning in the fifth lease year are subject to the CPI being at least 0.5% for the preceding lease year.

As of March 31, 2021, the majority of our earnings are the result of the rental revenues we receive from our triple-net master leases with Penn, Boyd and Caesars. Additionally, we have rental revenue from the Casino Queen property which is leased back to a third-party operator on a triple-net basis pursuant to the Casino Queen Lease. In addition to rent, the tenants are required to pay the following executory costs: (1) all facility maintenance, (2) all insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, including coverage of the landlord's interests, (3) taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties (other than taxes on the income of the lessor) and (4) all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties. 

Additionally, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 842, we record revenue for the ground lease rent paid by our tenants with an offsetting expense in land rights and ground lease expense within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income as we have concluded that as the lessee we are the primary obligor under the ground leases. We sublease these ground leases back to our tenants, who are responsible for payment directly to the landlord.

Gaming revenue for our TRS Properties is derived primarily from gaming on slot machines and to a lesser extent, table game and poker revenue, which is highly dependent upon the volume and spending levels of customers at our TRS Properties. Other revenues at our TRS Properties are derived from our dining, retail and certain other ancillary activities.

Recent Developments and Business Outlook

COVID-19

The spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the recent developments surrounding the global pandemic had material negative impacts on the global and United States economies that resulted in an unprecedented drop in economic activity in 2020. In mid-March 2020, many businesses in the United States were forced to close by state governments in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, which resulted in record unemployment claims. As the U.S. economy began to reopen in the second quarter of 2020, the unemployment rate, which was approximately 3.5% at the beginning of 2020, declined from its April 2020 peak of 14.7% and steadily improved to its current rate of approximately 6.0%. Additional impacts and recent developments include:

•During the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, federal, state and local government officials took steps to require various non-essential businesses to close to slow the spread of COVID-19. In mid-March 2020, all casinos closed across the country, which in turn had a significant negative impact on our tenants' and our own operating results. Although the majority of casinos have reopened throughout the country, it is possible that individual jurisdictions may elect to close them again (which has occurred in certain instances) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In addition, although the results of our tenants operations since they have reopened has been quite strong, the continuation of these impressive results is uncertain.

•The Company's wholly-owned and operated TRS Properties closed in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Our property in Baton Rouge reopened on May 18, 2020 and our property in Perryville, Maryland reopened on June 19, 2020 with enhanced safety protocols and capacity restrictions. To date, both properties have performed well in spite of lower attendance levels; however we are unable to predict whether this will continue as we believe results have benefited from pent up demand, reduced competition from non-gaming leisure related activities and federal stimulus benefits.

•On October 27, 2020, the Company entered into a series of definitive agreements pursuant to which a subsidiary of Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY) ("Bally's") will reacquire 100% of the equity interests in the Caesars subsidiary that currently operates Tropicana Evansville and the Company will reacquire the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville from Caesars for a cash purchase price of approximately $340.0 million. In addition, the Company entered

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into a real estate purchase agreement with Bally's pursuant to which the Company will purchase the real estate assets of the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, located in Dover, Delaware which is currently owned and operated by Bally's, for a cash purchase price of approximately $144.0 million. At the closing of the transactions, which is expected in mid-2021, subject to regulatory approvals, the Tropicana Evansville and Dover Downs Hotel and Casino facilities will be added to a new master lease ("the Bally's Master Lease"). The Company anticipates that the Bally's Master Lease will have an initial term of 15 years, with no purchase option, followed by four five-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. Rent under the Bally's Master Lease will be $40.0 million annually and is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% determined in relation to the annual increase in the CPI. On November 6, 2020, the Company issued 9.2 million common shares at $36.25 to partially finance the funding required for this transaction.

•On April 13, 2021, the Company announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet with Bally's to acquire the real estate of Bally’s casino property in Black Hawk, CO and the property it plans to acquire in Rock Island, IL, in a transaction which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close later this year. Total consideration for the acquisition is $150 million. The parties expect to add the properties to the Bally's Master Lease, which is expected to generate incremental rent of $12.0 million. Normalized rent coverage on the assets is expected to be 2.25x in the first calendar year post-acquisition. The acquisitions of the real estate assets of Bally’s properties in Rock Island and Black Hawk are expected to close in early 2022.

•In addition, Bally’s has granted GLPI a right of first refusal to fund the real property acquisition or development project costs associated with any and all potential future transactions in Michigan, Maryland, New York and Virginia through one or more sale-leaseback or similar transactions for a term of seven years.

•Bally’s also plans to acquire both GLPI’s non-land real estate assets and Penn's outstanding equity interests in Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Inc. for an aggregate cash acquisition price of $150 million. GLPI will retain ownership of the land and will concurrently enter into a 50-year ground lease with initial annual rent of $10.5 million. The ground lease will be supported by a Bally’s corporate guarantee and cross-defaulted with the Bally's Master Lease. This transaction is expected to close in early 2022.

•Both GLPI and Bally’s have committed to a structure in which GLPI has the potential to acquire additional assets in sale-leaseback transactions to the extent Bally’s elects to utilize GLPI’s capital as a funding source for their proposed acquisition of Gamesys Group plc. The $500 million commitment provides Bally’s an alternative financing commitment which at GLPI’s sole discretion may be funded in the form of equity, additional prepaid sale-leaseback transactions or secured loans.

Segment Information

Consistent with how our Chief Operating Decision Maker (as such term is defined in ASC 280 - Segment Reporting) reviews and assesses our financial performance, we have two reportable segments, GLP Capital and the TRS Segment. The GLP Capital reportable segment consists of the leased real property and represents the majority of our business. The TRS Segment consists of our operations at Hollywood Casino Perryville and Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge, as well as the real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas we acquired in 2020.

Executive Summary

Financial Highlights

We reported total revenues and income from operations of $301.5 million and $200.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, respectively, compared to $283.5 million and $186.4 million, respectively, for the corresponding period in the prior year.

The major factors affecting our results for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, were as follows:

•Total income from real estate was $263.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, and $256.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Total income from real estate increased by $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, primarily from favorable straight line rent adjustments of $9.5 million in accordance with ASC 842, higher percentage rent on our Penn Master Lease of $3.2 million due to strong results at Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino

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Toledo in the current year coupled with the negative impact from the temporary closures from COVID-19 in the prior year, and the impact of our Morgantown Lease that became effective on October 1, 2020 which added $0.75 million in rent during the three month period ended March 31, 2021. Partially offsetting these favorable variances was lower ground rents due to the Exchange Agreement with Caesars, which led to the exchange of the Tropicana Evansville property, which contained a ground lease, with Waterloo and Bettendorf, which did not contain ground leases, and lower percentage rents of $2.1 million on our Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, Boyd Master Lease and Meadows Lease as these leases reset in 2020 and were negatively impacted by COVID-19 mandated closures. The next resets of these leases is scheduled to occur in 2022. Additionally, we had lower cash rental income of $0.7 million from the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease that became effective in July 2020. Finally, in accordance with the rent deferral agreement that was signed in 2020 with Casino Queen, $2.1 million of rent was deferred due to the property's temporary closure in the first quarter of 2021. GLPI anticipates this amount will be collected at the closing of the HCBR transaction later this year.

•Revenues for our TRS Properties increased by $10.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, primarily due to strong results in 2021 and the impact of COVID-19 which closed both of these properties in mid-March 2020.

•Total operating expenses increased by $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase in operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was primarily driven by higher expenses in our TRS Properties due to their closures in mid-March 2020 from COVID-19. Additionally, the Company had higher depreciation expense of $2.1 million due primarily to the acquisition of Belterra Park, Lumiere Place and the Tropicana Las Vegas transaction, which was partially offset by lower land rights and ground lease expense of $1.3 million due to the Exchange Agreement with Caesars, which led to the exchange of the Tropicana Evansville property, which contained a ground lease, with Waterloo and Bettendorf, which did not contain ground leases.

•Other expenses decreased by $18.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year due to debt extinguishment charges of $17.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, as the Company retired certain near-term senior unsecured notes ("Senior Notes") to lengthen our average debt maturity and lower our financing costs.

•Income tax expense increased by $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to improved performance at the TRS Segment due to strong results in the current period as well as the impact of temporary closures related to COVID-19 in the prior year.

•Net income increased by $30.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, primarily due to the variances explained above.

Critical Accounting Estimates

We make certain judgments and use certain estimates and assumptions when applying accounting principles in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The nature of the estimates and assumptions are material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain factors or the susceptibility of such factors to change. We have identified the accounting for leases, income taxes, and real estate investments as critical accounting estimates, as they are the most important to our financial statement presentation and require difficult, subjective and complex judgments.

We believe the current assumptions and other considerations used to estimate amounts reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements are appropriate. However, if actual experience differs from the assumptions and other considerations used in estimating amounts reflected in our consolidated financial statements, the resulting changes could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and, in certain situations, could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition.

For further information on our critical accounting estimates, see Item 7. "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Notes to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (our "Annual Report"). There has been no material change to these estimates for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Results of Operations

The following are the most important factors and trends that contribute or may contribute to our operating performance:

•As discussed previously, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in the nationwide closures of all casino operations throughout the United States in mid March 2020 which extended in many jurisdictions where our properties were located through the summer of 2020. The majority of our leases have components of rent that are based on a percentage of the net revenues generated by the properties in the applicable leases as well as escalation clauses based on the applicable leases' adjusted revenues to rent ratios. Our tenants have reopened their facilities and generated strong operating performance from improved margins primarily from cost cutting measures and the elimination of lower margin offerings which have more than outpaced revenue declines, although the pace of the revenue declines has improved in recent months. We are unable to predict whether the strong operating performance that our tenants have experienced since reopening their operations will continue and the impact it will have on our rental income stream in future periods.

•The fact that several wholly-owned subsidiaries of Penn lease a substantial number of our properties, pursuant to two master leases and two single property leases and account for a significant portion of our revenue.

•The ability to refinance our significant levels of debt at attractive terms and obtain favorable funding in connection with future business opportunities.

•The fact that the rules and regulations of U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by legislators, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Changes to the tax laws or interpretations thereof, including any changes proposed and implemented by the new administration, with or without retroactive application, could materially and adversely affect GLPI and its investors.

The consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 are summarized below:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Total revenues	$	301,543	$	283,482
Total operating expenses	101,442		97,132
Income from operations	200,101		186,350
Total other expenses	(70,289)		(89,137)
Income before income taxes	129,812		97,213
Income tax expense	2,628		319
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894

Certain information regarding our results of operations by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 is summarized below:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
	Total Revenues				Income from Operations
	(in thousands)
GLP Capital	$	263,842	$	256,723	$	190,171	$	183,184
TRS Properties	37,701		26,759		9,930		3,166
Total	$	301,543	$	283,482	$	200,101	$	186,350

FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA

Funds From Operations ("FFO"), Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO") and Adjusted EBITDA are non-U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") financial measures used by the Company as performance measures for benchmarking against the Company’s peers and as internal measures of business operating performance, which is used as a bonus metric. The Company believes FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA provide a meaningful perspective of the underlying operating performance of the Company’s current business. This is especially true since these measures exclude real estate

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depreciation and we believe that real estate values fluctuate based on market conditions rather than depreciating in value ratably on a straight-line basis over time. 

FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that are considered supplemental measures for the real estate industry and a supplement to GAAP measures. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts defines FFO as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding (gains) or losses from sales of property and real estate depreciation. We define AFFO as FFO excluding stock based compensation expense, the amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts, other depreciation, the amortization of land rights, straight-line rent adjustments, and losses on debt extinguishment, reduced by maintenance capital expenditures. Finally, we define Adjusted EBITDA as net income excluding interest, taxes on income, depreciation, (gains) or losses from sales of property, stock based compensation expense, straight-line rent adjustments, the amortization of land rights, and losses on debt extinguishment.

FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized terms under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures: (i) do not represent cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP; (ii) should not be considered as an alternative to net income as a measure of operating performance or to cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities; and (iii) are not alternatives to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. In addition, these measures should not be viewed as an indication of our ability to fund our cash needs, including to make cash distributions to our shareholders, to fund capital improvements, or to make interest payments on our indebtedness. Investors are also cautioned that FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other real estate companies, including REITs, due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same definitions. Our presentation of these measures does not replace the presentation of our financial results in accordance with GAAP.

 The reconciliation of the Company’s net income per GAAP to FFO, AFFO, and Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended    March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Losses from dispositions of property	—		1
Real estate depreciation	56,389		54,279
Funds from operations	$	183,573	$	151,174
Straight-line rent adjustments	(828)		8,644
Other depreciation	2,312		2,284
Amortization of land rights	2,843		3,020
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	2,470		2,770
Stock based compensation	5,788		4,235
Losses on debt extinguishment	—		17,329
Capital maintenance expenditures	(438)		(646)
Adjusted funds from operations	$	195,720	$	188,810
Interest, net	70,289		71,808
Income tax expense	2,628		319
Capital maintenance expenditures	438		646
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	(2,470)		(2,770)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	266,605	$	258,813

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The reconciliation of each segment’s net income per GAAP to FFO, AFFO, and Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows: 

	GLP Capital				TRS Properties
	Three Months Ended    March 31,				Three Months Ended    March 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Net income	$	124,048	$	96,521	$	3,136	$	373
Losses from dispositions of property	—		—		—		1
Real estate depreciation	56,389		54,279		—		—
Funds from operations	$	180,437	$	150,800	$	3,136	$	374
Straight-line rent adjustments	(828)		8,644		—		—
Other depreciation	472		497		1,840		1,787
Amortization of land rights	2,843		3,020		—		—
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	2,470		2,770		—		—
Stock based compensation	5,788		4,235		—		—
Losses on debt extinguishment	—		17,329		—		—
Capital maintenance expenditures	(21)		(88)		(417)		(558)
Adjusted funds from operations	$	191,161	$	187,207	$	4,559	$	1,603
Interest, net (1)	65,831		69,207		4,458		2,601
Income tax expense	292		127		2,336		192
Capital maintenance expenditures	21		88		417		558
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	(2,470)		(2,770)		—		—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	254,835	$	253,859	$	11,770	$	4,954

(1)Interest expense, net for the GLP Capital segment is net of intercompany interest eliminations of $4.5 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. 

Net income for our GLP Capital segment was $124.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and $96.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. FFO, AFFO, and Adjusted EBITDA for our GLP Capital segment were $180.4 million, $191.2 million and $254.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, respectively. FFO, AFFO, and Adjusted EBITDA for our GLP Capital segment were $150.8 million, $187.2 million and $253.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. The increase in net income for our GLP Capital segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, was primarily driven by debt extinguishment charges of $17.3 million in the prior year related to the redemption of certain Senior Notes, a $7.1 million increase in income from real estate, and lower interest expense due to various refinancings that occurred in 2020.

The increase in FFO in our GLP Capital segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, was driven by the explanations above, including an add-back for real estate depreciation expense. The increase in AFFO for our GLP Capital segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily driven by the changes described above, less the adjustments mentioned in the table above, primarily straight-line rent adjustments and losses on debt extinguishment. Adjusted EBITDA for our GLP Capital segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, also increased, driven by the explanations above, as well as adjustments mentioned in the table above, primarily related to interest expense.

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Net income, FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA for our TRS Properties segment each increased from the corresponding period in the prior year primarily due to the impact of COVID-19, which resulted in both properties being forced to close in mid-March 2020. Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge reopened to the public on May 18, 2020 and Hollywood Casino Perryville reopened on June 19, 2020 with various restrictions to limit capacity in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Additionally, the performance of our TRS Properties for the three months ended March 31, 2021 has exceeded the corresponding period in the prior years as spend per visit has increased coupled with reductions in marketing and payroll costs on various amenities that have been curtailed in light of the capacity restrictions.

Revenues

Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Percentage
	2021		2020		Variance		Variance
Rental income	$	263,842	$	249,407	$	14,435	5.8	%
Interest income from real estate	—		7,316		(7,316)		N/A
Total income from real estate	263,842		256,723		7,119		2.8	%
Gaming, food, beverage and other	37,701		26,759		10,942		40.9	%
Total revenues	$	301,543	$	283,482	$	18,061	6.4	%

Total income from real estate

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, total income from real estate was $263.8 million and $256.7 million, respectively, for our GLP Capital segment. In accordance with ASC 842, the Company records revenue for the ground lease rent paid by its tenants with an offsetting expense in land rights and ground lease expense within the condensed consolidated statement of income as the Company has concluded that as the lessee it is the primary obligor under the ground leases. The Company subleases these ground leases back to its tenants, who are responsible for payment directly to the landlord. These amounts decreased by $1.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to the Exchange Agreement with Caesars which swapped out the Tropicana Evansville property containing a ground lease with Waterloo and Bettendorf, which did not contain ground leases.

Total income from real estate increased $7.1 million, or 2.8%, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, primarily from favorable straight line rent adjustments of $9.5 million in accordance with ASC 842, and higher percentage rent on our Penn Master Lease of $3.2 million due to strong results at Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo in the current year coupled with the negative impact from the temporary closures from COVID-19 in the prior year and the impact of our Morgantown Lease that became effective on October 1, 2020, which added $0.75 million in rent during the three month period ended March 31, 2021. Partially offsetting these favorable variances was the variance discussed above related to ground rents and lower percentage rents of $2.1 million on our Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, Boyd Master Lease and Meadows Lease as these leases reset in 2020 and will not reset again until 2022. Additionally, we had lower cash rental income of $0.7 million from the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease that became effective in July 2020. Finally, in accordance with the rent deferral agreement that was signed in 2020 with Casino Queen, $2.1 million of rent was deferred due to the property's temporary closure in the first quarter of 2021. GLPI anticipates this amount will be collected at the closing of the HCBR transaction later this year.

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Details of the Company's income from real estate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended    March 31, 2021	Penn Master Lease		Amended Pinnacle Master Lease		Caesars Master Lease		Lumiere Place Lease		BYD Master Lease		BYD Belterra Lease		Penn - Meadows Lease		Casino Queen Lease		Penn Morgantown		Total
Building base rent	$	69,852	$	56,800	$	15,629	$	5,701	$	18,911	$	668	$	3,953	$	935	$	—	$	172,449
Land base rent	23,492		17,814		5,932		—		2,946		474		—		—		750		51,408
Percentage rent	23,567		6,695		—		—		2,461		454		2,261		558		—		35,996
Total cash rental income	$	116,911	$	81,309	$	21,561	$	5,701	$	24,318	$	1,596	$	6,214	$	1,493	$	750	$	259,853
Straight-line rent adjustments	$	2,231	$	(4,836)	$	2,589	$	—	$	574	$	(302)	$	572	$	—	$	—	$	828
Ground rent in revenue	702		1,633		402		—		374		—		—		—		—		3,111
Other rental revenue	—		—		—		—		—		—		50		—		—		50
Total income from real estate	$	119,844	$	78,106	$	24,552	$	5,701	$	25,266	$	1,294	$	6,836	$	1,493	$	750	$	263,842

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Gaming, food, beverage and other revenue

Gaming, food, beverage and other revenue for our TRS Properties segment increased by $10.9 million, or 40.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to increases in revenues at both properties. These properties were closed in mid-March 2020 due to COVID-19. Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge reopened to the public on May 18, 2020 and Hollywood Casino Perryville reopened on June 19, 2020 with various restrictions to limit capacity in accordance with regulatory requirements. Results since reopening have exceeded the corresponding period in the prior years as spend per visit has increased coupled with reductions in marketing and payroll costs on various amenities that have been curtailed in light of the capacity restrictions.

Operating expenses

Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Percentage
	2021		2020		Variance		Variance
Gaming, food, beverage and other	$	19,926	$	16,503	$	3,423	20.7	%
Land rights and ground lease expense	6,733		8,078		(1,345)		(16.7)	%
General and administrative	16,082		15,987		95		0.6	%
(Gains) losses from dispositions of property	—		1		(1)		(100.0)	%
Depreciation	58,701		56,563		2,138		3.8	%
Total operating expenses	$	101,442	$	97,132	$	4,310	4.4	%

Gaming, food, beverage and other

Gaming, food, beverage and other expenses increased by $3.4 million, or 20.7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to the properties being closed in mid-March 2020 due to COVID-19. Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge reopened to the public on May 18, 2020 and Hollywood Casino Perryville reopened on June 19, 2020 with various restrictions to limit capacity in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Land rights and ground lease expense

Land rights and ground lease expense includes the amortization of land rights and rent expense related to the Company's long-term ground leases. Land rights and ground lease expense decreased by $1.3 million, or (16.7)%, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to the Exchange Agreement with Caesars which swapped out the Evansville property containing a ground lease with Waterloo and Bettendorf, which did not contain ground leases.

General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative expenses include items such as compensation costs (including stock based compensation), professional services and costs associated with development activities. General and administrative expenses increased by $0.1 million, or 0.6%, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to higher stock compensation expense partially offset by lower total payroll costs.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense increased by $2.1 million, or 3.8%, to $58.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to the acquisition of Belterra Park, Lumiere Place and the Tropicana Las Vegas.

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Other income (expenses)

Other income (expenses) for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Percentage
	2021		2020		Variance		Variance
Interest expense	$	(70,413)	$	(72,004)	$	1,591	(2.2)	%
Interest income	124		196		(72)		(36.7)	%
Losses on debt extinguishment	—		(17,329)		17,329		N/A
Total other expenses	$	(70,289)	$	(89,137)	$	18,848	(21.1)	%

Interest expense

Interest expense decreased by $1.6 million, or 2.2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. Results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 benefited from reductions in outstanding obligations under our senior unsecured credit facility (the "Amended Credit Facility") compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. This was partially offset by higher Senior Note balances in the current year as the Company extended the duration of its debt obligations through the issuance of $700 million, 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2031.

Losses on debt extinguishment

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company redeemed all $215.2 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding 4.875% senior unsecured notes due in November 2020 and all $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding 4.375% senior unsecured notes due in April 2021, resulting in the retirement of such Senior Notes. The Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt related to this retirement of $17.3 million, primarily for call premium charges and debt issuance write-offs.

Taxes

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, income tax expense was approximately $2.6 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Our effective tax rate (income taxes as a percentage of income before income taxes) was 2.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to 0.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The reason for the increase was due to improved performance at our TRS Segment.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are cash flow from operations, borrowings from banks, and proceeds from the issuance of debt and equity securities.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $205.2 million and $198.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities of $6.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year was primarily comprised of an increase in cash receipts from customers of $10.1 million and a decrease in cash paid to employees of $8.0 million partially offset by an increase in interest payments of $6.3 million and an increase in cash paid for operating expenses of $5.2 million. The increase in cash receipts collected from our customers for the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year was primarily due to the impact of COVID-19, which forced our TRS Properties to close in mid-March 2020. The reduction in cash paid to employees was primarily due to lower bonus payouts and salaries and wages at our GLP Capital segment for the three month period ended March 31, 2021.

Investing activities used cash of $1.0 million and $0.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  Net cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021 consisted of capital expenditures of $1.0 million. Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2020 consisted of capital expenditures of $0.6 million.

Financing activities used cash of $161.4 million and provided cash of $334.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021

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was driven by dividend payments of $151.5 million and taxes paid related to shares withheld for tax purposes on restricted stock award vestings of $9.8 million. Net cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was driven by $1,174.6 million of proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, partially offset by repayments of long-term debt of $661.2 million, dividend payments of $150.8 million, $15.7 million of premium and related costs paid on the tender of Senior Notes, and taxes paid related to shares withheld for tax purposes on restricted stock award vestings of $12.6 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company fully drew down on its revolving credit facility to increase its liquidity due to the COVID-19 outbreak which resulted in the shut down of all of our tenants' properties.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures are accounted for as either capital project or capital maintenance (replacement) expenditures. Capital project expenditures are for fixed asset additions that expand an existing facility or create a new facility. The cost of properties developed by the Company include costs of construction, property taxes, interest and other miscellaneous costs incurred during the development period until the project is substantially complete and available for occupancy. Capital maintenance expenditures are expenditures to replace existing fixed assets with a useful life greater than one year that are obsolete, worn out or no longer cost effective to repair.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the TRS Properties spent approximately $1.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for capital expenditures. During 2021, $0.6 million was incurred on capital project expenditures related to a landside development project at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge. The majority of the capital maintenance expenditures were for slot machines and slot machine equipment. Under the triple-net lease structure, our tenants are responsible for capital maintenance expenditures at our leased properties. 

Debt

Senior Unsecured Credit Facility

Prior to June 25, 2020, the Credit Facility, consisted of a $1,175 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolver") with a maturity date of May 21, 2023, and a $449 million Term Loan A-1 facility with a maturity date of April 28, 2021.

The Company fully drew down on its Revolver in the first quarter of 2020 to increase its liquidity position and repay certain Senior Notes. On June 25, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the Credit Facility (as amended, the "Amended Credit Facility" which extended the maturity date of approximately $224 million of outstanding Term Loan A-1 facility borrowings to May 21, 2023, which term loans are now classified as a new tranche of term loans (Term Loans A-2).

Additionally, the Company borrowed incremental Term Loans A-2 totaling $200 million. Furthermore, on June 25, 2020, the Company also closed on an offering of $500 million of 4.00% unsecured senior notes due in January 2031 priced at a slight discount to par. The Company utilized the proceeds from these two financings along with cash on hand to repay all outstanding obligations under its Revolver. On August 18, 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $200 million of 4.00% unsecured senior notes due in January 2031 priced at a premium to par. The Company utilized the net proceeds from this additional borrowing to repay indebtedness under the Term Loan A-1 facility.

At March 31, 2021, the Amended Credit Facility had a gross outstanding balance of $424 million, consisting entirely of balances under the Term Loan A-2 facility. No amounts were outstanding under the Revolver. Additionally, at March 31, 2021, the Company was contingently obligated under letters of credit issued pursuant to the Amended Credit Facility with face amounts aggregating approximately $0.4 million, resulting in available borrowing capacity under the Revolver as of March 31, 2021 of $1,174.6 million.

The Amended Credit Facility contains customary covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of GLPI and its subsidiaries to grant liens on their assets, incur indebtedness, sell assets, make investments, engage in acquisitions, mergers or consolidations or pay certain dividends and other restricted payments. The Amended Credit Facility contains the following financial covenants, which are measured quarterly on a trailing four-quarter basis: a maximum total debt to total asset value ratio (asset value calculated based upon adjusted net operating income at a cap rate of 9% as defined in our Amended Credit Facility), a maximum senior secured debt to total asset value ratio, a maximum ratio of certain recourse debt to unencumbered asset value and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. In addition, GLPI is required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth and its status as a REIT. GLPI is permitted to pay dividends to its shareholders as may be required in order to maintain REIT status, subject to the absence of payment or bankruptcy defaults. GLPI is also permitted to make other dividends and distributions subject to pro forma compliance with the financial covenants and the absence of defaults. The Amended Credit Facility also contains certain customary affirmative covenants and events of

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default, including the occurrence of a change of control and termination of the Penn Master Lease (subject to certain replacement rights). The occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Amended Credit Facility will enable the lenders under the Amended Credit Facility to accelerate the loans and terminate the commitments thereunder. At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants under the Amended Credit Facility.

Senior Unsecured Notes

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company redeemed all $215.2 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding 4.875% senior unsecured notes due in November 2020 and all $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding 4.375% senior unsecured notes due in April 2021, resulting in the retirement of such Senior Notes. The Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt related to the current year retirement of $17.3 million primarily for call premium charges and debt issuance write-offs.

At March 31, 2021, the Company had $5,375.0 million of outstanding Senior Notes. Each of the Company's Senior Notes contain covenants limiting the Company’s ability to: incur additional debt and use its assets to secure debt; merge or consolidate with another company; and make certain amendments to the Penn Master Lease. The Senior Notes also require the Company to maintain a specified ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured debt. These covenants are subject to a number of important and significant limitations, qualifications and exceptions.

At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants under its Senior Notes.

GLPI guarantees the Senior Notes which were co-issued by its subsidiaries, GLP Capital and GLP Financing II, Inc. Each of the subsidiary issuers is 100% owned by GLPI. The guarantees of GLPI are full and unconditional. GLPI is not subject to any material or significant restrictions on its ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan or to transfer assets from such subsidiaries, except as provided by applicable law. None of GLPI's other subsidiaries guarantee the Senior Notes.

Summarized financial information for Subsidiary Issuers and Parent Guarantor
	As of March 31, 2021		As of December 31, 2020
Real estate investments, net	$	2,812,597	$	2,720,767
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	120,981		121,866
Cash and cash equivalents	514,957		480,066
Long term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	5,757,125		5,754,689
Accrued interest	81,558		72,285
Lease liabilities	58,425		58,654
Deferred rental revenue	261,070		265,891
	For the three-month period ended March 31, 2021		For the year ended December 31, 2020
Revenues	$	150,097	$	580,428
Income from operations	107,530		446,708
Interest expense	(70,413)		(282,142)
Net income	36,950		146,323

The financial information presented above is that of the subsidiary issuers and parent guarantor and the financial information of non-issuer subsidiaries has been excluded. The financial information of subsidiary issuers and the parent guarantor has been presented on a combined basis; however, the only asset on the parent guarantor balance sheet is its investment in subsidiaries which is not included in the presentation above in accordance with the disclosure requirements.

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Distribution Requirements

We generally must distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains, in order to qualify to be taxed as a REIT (assuming that certain other requirements are also satisfied) so that U.S. federal corporate income tax does not apply to earnings that we distribute. Such distributions generally can be made with cash and/or a combination of cash and Company common stock if certain requirements are met. To the extent that we satisfy this distribution requirement and qualify for taxation as a REIT but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and including any net capital gains, we will be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on our undistributed net taxable income. In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax if the actual amount that we distribute to our shareholders in a calendar year is less than a minimum amount specified under U.S. federal income tax laws. We intend to make distributions to our shareholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. To the extent any of the Company's taxable income was not previously distributed, the Company will make a dividend declaration pursuant to Section 858(a)(1) of the Code, allowing the Company to treat certain dividends that are to be distributed after the close of a taxable year as having been paid during the taxable year.

LIBOR Transition

The majority of our debt is at fixed rates and our exposure to variable interest rates is currently limited to our Revolver and our Term Loan A-2. Both of these debt instruments are indexed to LIBOR which is expected to be phased out during late 2021 through mid-2023. The discontinuance of LIBOR would affect our interest expense and earnings. The borrowings under our Amended Credit Facility will be subject to the expected LIBOR transition. LIBOR is currently expected to transition to a new standard rate, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). We are currently monitoring the transition and cannot be certain whether SOFR will become the standard rate for our variable rate debt.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We face market risk exposure in the form of interest rate risk. These market risks arise from our debt obligations. We have no international operations. Our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations is not significant to our financial condition or results of operations.

GLPI’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk with respect to its indebtedness of $5,799.8 million at March 31, 2021. Furthermore, $5,375.0 million of our obligations at March 31, 2021 are the Senior Notes that have fixed interest rates with maturity dates ranging from two and one-half years to ten years. An increase in interest rates could make the financing of any acquisition by GLPI more costly, as well as increase the costs of its variable rate debt obligations. Rising interest rates could also limit GLPI’s ability to refinance its debt when it matures or cause GLPI to pay higher interest rates upon refinancing and increase interest expense on refinanced indebtedness. GLPI may manage, or hedge, interest rate risks related to its borrowings by means of interest rate swap agreements. However, the provisions of the Code applicable to REITs limit GLPI’s ability to hedge its assets and liabilities.

The table below provides information at March 31, 2021 about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations, the table presents notional amounts maturing in each fiscal year and the related weighted-average interest rates by maturity dates. Notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged by maturity date and the weighted-average interest rates are based on implied forward LIBOR rates at March 31, 2021.

	04/01/21- 12/31/21		1/01/22- 12/31/22		1/01/23- 12/31/23		1/01/24 12/31/24		1/01/25- 12/31/25		Thereafter		Total		Fair Value at 3/31/2021
	(in thousands)
Long-term debt:
Fixed rate	$	—	$	—	$	500,000	$	400,000	$	850,000	$	3,625,000	$	5,375,000	$	5,903,868
Average interest rate					5.38%		3.35%		5.25%		4.88%
Variable rate	$	—	$	—	$	424,019	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	424,019	$	424,019
Average interest rate (1)					2.53%

(1)           Estimated rate, reflective of forward LIBOR plus the spread over LIBOR applicable to variable-rate borrowing. For

considerations surrounding the phase out of LIBOR refer to the discussion under the heading "Liquidity and Capital Resources" in this Form 10-Q. 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as of March 31, 2021, which is the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well-designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2021 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, evaluated and reported, as applicable, within the time periods specified in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Information in response to this Item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in "Note 10: Commitments and Contingencies" in the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Risk factors that affect our business and financial results are discussed in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors," of our

Annual Report. You should carefully consider the risks described in our Annual Report, which could materially affect our

business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report are not the only risks we face.

Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may materially

adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. If any of the risks actually occur, our business,

financial condition, and/or results of operations could be negatively affected. There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those previously disclosed in our Annual Report.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock or sell any unregistered securities during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable. 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit	Description of Exhibit
22.1 *	List of Subsidiary Issuers of Guaranteed Securities
31.1*	Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
32.1*	Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.
101	The following financial information from Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
104	The cover page from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101.

*    Filed or furnished, as applicable, herewith 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC.
April 30, 2021	By:	/s/ PETER M. CARLINO
		Peter M. Carlino
		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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EX-22.1

Exhibit 22.1

List of Subsidiary Issuers of Guaranteed Securities

The following subsidiaries of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) were, as of March 31, 2021, issuers of the (i) $500 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due November 2023, (ii) $400 million 3.35% senior unsecured notes due September 2024, (iii) $850 million 5.25% senior unsecured notes due June 2025, (iv) $975 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due April 2026, (v) $500 million 5.75% senior unsecured notes due June 2028, (vi) $750 million 5.30% senior unsecured notes due January 2029, (vii) $700 million 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2030 and (viii) $700 million 4.000% senior unsecured notes due January 2031, each guaranteed by the Company:

Entity	Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Formation
GLP Capital, L.P.	Pennsylvania
GLP Financing II, Inc.	Delaware

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

I, Peter M. Carlino, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	April 30, 2021	/s/ Peter M. Carlino
		Name: Peter M. Carlino
		Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the quarterly report of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Peter M. Carlino, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	/s/ Peter M. Carlino
	Peter M. Carlino
	Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Date:	April 30, 2021

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Cover - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 28, 2021
Cover [Abstract]
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Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2021
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-36124
Entity Registrant Name	Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	PA
Entity Tax Identification Number	46-2116489
Entity Address, Address Line One	845 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200
Entity Address, City or Town	Wyomissing
Entity Address, State or Province	PA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	19610
City Area Code	610
Local Phone Number	401-2900
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Trading Symbol	GLPI
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		232,790,389
Entity Central Index Key	0001575965
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Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Assets
Real estate investments, net	$ 7,230,769	$ 7,287,158
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	79,919	80,618
Assets held for sale	70,457	61,448
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	765,932	769,197
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net		769,197
Cash and cash equivalents	520,740	486,451	$ 559,545
Prepaid expenses	1,461	2,098
Deferred tax assets, net	5,584	5,690
Other assets	34,740	36,877
Total assets	9,013,490	9,034,368
Liabilities
Accounts payable	168	375
Accrued expenses	978	398
Accrued interest	81,558	72,285
Accrued salaries and wages	1,202	5,849
Gaming, property, and other taxes	830	146
Income taxes	1,922		$ 0
Lease liabilities	151,904	152,203
Long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	5,757,125	5,754,689
Deferred rental revenue	332,233	333,061
Deferred tax liabilities	399	359
Other liabilities	38,528	39,985
Total liabilities	6,366,847	6,359,350
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock ($.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)	0	0
Common stock ($.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 232,781,653 and 232,452,220 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)	2,328	2,325
Additional paid-in capital	4,280,723	4,284,789
Accumulated deficit	(1,636,408)	(1,612,096)
Total shareholders’ equity	2,646,643	2,675,018
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	9,013,490	9,034,368
Tropicana Las Vegas
Assets
Real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas, net	$ 303,888	$ 304,831

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	50,000,000	50,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	232,781,653	232,452,220
Common stock, shares, outstanding	232,781,653	232,452,220

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Revenues
Rental income	$ 263,842
Rental income		$ 249,407
Interest income from mortgaged real estate	0	7,316
Total revenues	301,543	283,482
Operating expenses
Land rights and ground lease expense	6,733	8,078
General and administrative	16,082	15,987
(Gains) losses from dispositions of property	0	1
Depreciation	58,701	56,563
Total operating expenses	101,442	97,132
Income from operations	200,101	186,350
Other income (expenses)
Interest expense	(70,413)	(72,004)
Interest income	124	196
Losses on debt extinguishment	0	(17,329)
Total other expenses	(70,289)	(89,137)
Income before income taxes	129,812	97,213
Income tax expense	2,628	319
Net income	$ 127,184	$ 96,894
Earnings per common share (in dollars per share)
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55	$ 0.45
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.54	$ 0.45
Real estate
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 263,842	$ 256,723
Gaming, food, beverage and other
Revenues
Total revenues	37,701	26,759
Operating expenses
Gaming, food, beverage and other	$ 19,926	$ 16,503

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2021 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Accumulated Deficit
Dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 2,675,018	$ 2,325	$ 4,284,789	$ (1,612,096)
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2020	232,452,220	232,452,220
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Net income	$ 127,184
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2021	$ 2,646,643
Ending Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2021	232,781,653

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Operating activities
Net income	$ 127,184	$ 96,894
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	61,544	59,583
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	2,470	2,770
Losses on dispositions of property	0	1
Deferred income taxes	188	38
Stock-based compensation	5,788	4,235
Straight-line rent adjustments	(828)	8,644
Losses on debt extinguishment	0	17,329
(Increase), decrease
Prepaid expenses and other assets	2,907	6,467
Increase, (decrease)
Accounts payable	(128)	(667)
Accrued expenses	735	1,556
Accrued interest	9,273	16,869
Accrued salaries and wages	(4,780)	(10,667)
Gaming, property and other taxes	868	(134)
Income taxes	1,880	0
Other liabilities	(1,893)	(4,133)
Net cash provided by operating activities	205,208	198,785
Investing activities
Capital project expenditures	(606)	0
Capital maintenance expenditures	(438)	(646)
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,044)	(646)
Financing activities
Dividends paid	(151,496)	(150,796)
Taxes paid related to shares withheld for tax purposes on restricted stock award vestings	(9,756)	(12,583)
ATM Program offering costs	(95)	310
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	0	1,174,600
Repayments of long-term debt	(33)	(661,206)
Premium and related costs paid on tender of senior unsecured notes	0	(15,742)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(161,380)	334,583
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents, including cash classified within assets held for sale	42,784	532,722
Less net change in cash classified within assets held for sale	(8,495)	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	34,289	532,722
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	486,451	26,823
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 520,740	$ 559,545

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Business and Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Business and Operations

Business and Operations

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. ("GLPI") is a self-administered and self-managed Pennsylvania real estate investment trust ("REIT"). GLPI (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") was incorporated on February 13, 2013, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) ("Penn"). On November 1, 2013, Penn contributed to GLPI, through a series of internal corporate restructurings, substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with Penn’s real property interests and real estate development business, as well as the assets and liabilities of Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and Hollywood Casino Perryville (which are referred to as the "TRS Properties") and then spun-off GLPI to holders of Penn's common and preferred stock in a tax-free distribution (the "Spin-Off"). The assets and liabilities of GLPI were recorded at their respective historical carrying values at the time of the Spin-Off in accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 505-60 - Spinoffs and Reverse Spinoffs ("ASC 505").

The Company elected on its United States ("U.S.") federal income tax return for its taxable year that began on January 1, 2014 to be treated as a REIT and GLPI, together with its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, GLP Holdings, Inc., jointly elected to treat each of GLP Holdings, Inc., Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. (d/b/a Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge) and Penn Cecil Maryland, Inc. (d/b/a Hollywood Casino Perryville) as a "taxable REIT subsidiary" ("TRS") effective on the first day of the first taxable year of GLPI as a REIT. In addition, during 2020, the Company and Tropicana LV, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which holds the real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort ("Tropicana Las Vegas") , elected to treat Tropicana LV, LLC as a TRS, which together with the TRS Properties and GLP Holdings, Inc. is the Company's TRS segment (the "TRS Segment"). In connection with the Spin-Off, Penn allocated its accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) for periods prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off between Penn and GLPI. In connection with its election to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, GLPI declared a special dividend to its shareholders to distribute any accumulated earnings and profits relating to the real property assets and attributable to any pre-REIT years, including any earnings and profits allocated to GLPI in connection with the Spin-Off, to comply with certain REIT qualification requirements.

GLPI’s primary business consists of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements. As of March 31, 2021, GLPI’s portfolio consisted of interests in 48 gaming and related facilities, including the TRS Properties, the real property associated with 33 gaming and related facilities operated by Penn, the real property associated with 7 gaming and related facilities operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) ("Caesars"), the real property associated with 4 gaming and related facilities operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) ("Boyd") and the real property associated with property operated by Casino Queen Holding Company Inc. ("Casino Queen") in East St. Louis, Illinois.  These facilities, including our corporate headquarters building, are geographically diversified across 16 states and contain approximately 24.3 million square feet. As of March 31, 2021, the Company's properties were 100% occupied. GLPI expects to continue growing its portfolio by pursuing opportunities to acquire additional gaming facilities to lease to gaming operators under prudent terms.

Penn Master Lease and Casino Queen Lease

As a result of the Spin-Off, GLPI owns substantially all of Penn’s former real property assets (as of the consummation of the Spin-Off) and leases back most of those assets to Penn for use by its subsidiaries, under a unitary master lease, a triple-net operating lease the term of which expires October 31, 2033, with no purchase option, followed by three remaining 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Penn Master Lease"), and GLPI also owns and operates the TRS Properties. GLPI leases the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis back to its operator on a triple-net basis on terms similar to those in the Penn Master Lease (the "Casino Queen Lease").

Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, Boyd Master Lease and Belterra Park Lease

In April 2016, the Company acquired substantially all of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. ("Pinnacle") for approximately $4.8 billion. GLPI originally leased these assets back to Pinnacle, under a unitary triple-net lease the term of which expires on April 30, 2031, with no purchase option, followed by four remaining 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Pinnacle Master Lease"). On October 15, 2018, the Company completed its previously announced transactions with Penn, Pinnacle and Boyd to accommodate Penn's acquisition of the majority of Pinnacle's operations, pursuant to a definitive agreement and plan of merger between Penn and Pinnacle, dated December 17, 2017 (the "Penn-Pinnacle Merger"). Concurrent with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Company amended the

Pinnacle Master Lease to allow for the sale of the operating assets of Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and Belterra Casino Resort from Pinnacle to Boyd (the "Amended Pinnacle Master Lease") and entered into a new unitary triple-net master lease agreement with Boyd (the "Boyd Master Lease") for these properties on terms similar to the Company’s Amended Pinnacle Master Lease. The Boyd Master Lease has an initial term of 10 years (from the original April 2016 commencement date of the Pinnacle Master Lease and expiring April 30, 2026), with no purchase option, followed by five 5-year renewal options (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. The Company also purchased the real estate assets of Plainridge Park Casino ("Plainridge Park") from Penn for $250.0 million, exclusive of transaction fees and taxes, and added this property to the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease. The Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was assumed by Penn at the consummation of the Penn-Pinnacle Merger. The Company also entered into a mortgage loan agreement with Boyd in connection with Boyd's acquisition of Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment Center ("Belterra Park"), whereby the Company loaned Boyd $57.7 million (the "Belterra Park Loan"). In May 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Belterra Park in satisfaction of the Belterra Park Loan, subject to a long-term lease (the "Belterra Park Lease") with a Boyd affiliate operating the property. The Belterra Park Lease rent terms are consistent with the Boyd Master Lease. The annual rent is comprised of a fixed component, part of which is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities which is adjusted, subject to certain floors, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of Belterra Park during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

The Meadows Lease

The real estate assets of the Meadows Racetrack and Casino are leased to Penn pursuant to a single property triple-net lease (the "Meadows Lease"). The Meadows Lease commenced on September 9, 2016 and has an initial term of 10 years, with no purchase option, and the option to renew for three successive 5-year terms and one 4-year term (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions. The Meadows Lease contains a fixed component, subject to annual escalators, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every two years to an amount determined by multiplying (i) 4% by (ii) the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing two-year period. The Meadows Lease contains an annual escalator provision for up to 5% of the base rent, if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, which remains at 5% until the earlier of ten years or the year in which total rent is $31 million, at which point the escalator will be reduced to 2% annually thereafter.

Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease

On October 1, 2018, the Company closed its previously announced transaction to acquire certain real property assets from Tropicana Entertainment Inc. ("Tropicana") and certain of its affiliates pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 15, 2018 between Tropicana and GLP Capital L.P, ("GLP Capital"), the operating partnership of GLPI, which was subsequently amended on October 1, 2018 (as amended, the "Amended Real Estate Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Real Estate Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired the real estate assets of Tropicana Atlantic City, Tropicana Evansville, Tropicana Laughlin, Trop Casino Greenville and the Belle of Baton Rouge (the "GLP Assets") from Tropicana for an aggregate cash purchase price of $964.0 million, exclusive of transaction fees and taxes (the "Tropicana Acquisition"). Concurrent with the Tropicana Acquisition, Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (now doing business as Caesars) acquired the operating assets of these properties from Tropicana pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 15, 2018 by and among Tropicana, GLP Capital, Caesars and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caesars and leased the GLP Assets from the Company pursuant to the terms of a new unitary triple-net master lease with an initial term of 15 years, with no purchase option, followed by four successive 5-year renewal periods (exercisable by the tenant) on the same terms and conditions (the "Caesars Master Lease"). On June 15, 2020, the Company amended and restated the Caesars Master Lease (as amended, the "Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease") to, (i) extend the initial term of 15 years to 20 years, with renewals of up to an additional 20 years at the option of Caesars, (ii) remove the variable rent component in its entirety commencing with the third lease year, (iii) in the third lease year increase annual land base rent to approximately $23.6 million and annual building base rent to approximately $62.1 million, (iv) provide fixed escalation percentages that delay the escalation of building base rent until the commencement of the fifth lease year with building base rent increasing annually by 1.25% in the fifth and sixth lease year, 1.75% in the seventh and eighth lease years and 2% in the ninth lease year and each lease year thereafter, (v) subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, permit Caesars to elect to replace the Tropicana Evansville and/or Tropicana Greenville properties under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease with one or more of Caesars Gaming Scioto Downs, The Row in Reno, Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park, Isle Casino Hotel – Black Hawk, Lady Luck Casino – Black Hawk, Isle Casino Waterloo ("Waterloo"), Isle Casino Bettendorf ("Bettendorf") or Isle of Capri Casino Boonville, provided that the aggregate value of such new property, individually or collectively, is at least equal to the value of Tropicana Evansville or Tropicana Greenville, as applicable (vi) permit Caesars to elect to sell its interest in Belle of Baton Rouge and sever it from the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease (with no change to the rent obligation to the Company), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, and (vii) provide certain relief under the operating, capital expenditure and financial covenants thereunder

in the event of facility closures due to pandemics, governmental restrictions and certain other instances of unavoidable delay. The effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease was subject to the review of certain gaming regulatory agencies and the expiration of applicable gaming regulatory advance notice periods which were received on July 23, 2020. On December 18, 2020, the Company and Caesars completed an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with subsidiaries of Caesars in which Caesars transferred to the Company the real estate assets of Waterloo and Bettendorf in exchange for the transfer by the Company to Caesars of the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville, plus a cash payment of $5.7 million. This resulted in a non-cash gain of $41.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represented the difference between the fair value of the properties received compared to the carrying value of Tropicana Evansville and the cash payment made. In connection with the Exchange Agreement, the annual building base rent was increased to $62.5 million and the annual land component was increased to$23.7 million

Lumière Place Lease

On October 1, 2018, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Caesars in connection with Caesars’s acquisition of Lumière Place Casino ("Lumière Place"), whereby the Company loaned Caesars $246.0 million (the "CZR loan"). The CZR loan bore interest at a rate equal to (i) 9.09% until October 1, 2019 and (ii) 9.27% until its maturity. On the one-year anniversary of the CZR loan, the mortgage evidenced by a deed of trust on the Lumière Place property terminated and the loan became unsecured. On June 24, 2020, the Company received approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission to own the Lumière Place property in satisfaction of the CZR loan. On September 29, 2020, the transaction closed and we entered into a new triple net lease with Caesars (the "Lumière Place Lease") the initial term of which expires on October 31, 2033, with 4 separate renewal options of five years each, exercisable at the tenant's option. The Lumière Place Lease's rent is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met.

Tropicana Las Vegas

On April 16, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries acquired the real property associated with the Tropicana Las Vegas from Penn in exchange for $307.5 million of rent credits to be applied against future rent obligations. This asset has been placed in our TRS Segment. See Note 7 for further details related to this transaction. Additionally, see Note 18 for the anticipated sale of the building and sale-lease back of the land for this asset.

Morgantown Lease

On October 1, 2020, the Company and Penn closed on their previously announced transaction whereby GLPI acquired the land under Penn's gaming facility under construction in Morgantown, Pennsylvania in exchange for $30.0 million in rent credits which were fully utilized by Penn in the fourth quarter of 2020. The Company is leasing the land back to an affiliate of Penn for an initial annual rent of $3.0 million, provided, however, that (i) on the opening date and on each anniversary thereafter the rent shall be increased by 1.5% annually (on a prorated basis for the remainder of the lease year in which the gaming facility opens) for each of the following three lease years and (ii) commencing on the fourth anniversary of the opening date and for each anniversary thereafter, (a) if the Consumer Price Index (the "CPI") increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, the rent for such lease year shall increase by 1.25% of rent as of the immediately preceding lease year, and (b) if the CPI increase is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year subject to escalation provisions following the opening of the property (the "Morgantown Lease").

COVID-19

In the first quarter of 2020, it became clear that there was a global outbreak of a new strain of novel coronavirus COVID-19. The global, domestic and local response to the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve. Responses to the COVID-19 outbreak have included mandates from federal, state, and/or local authorities that required temporary closures of or imposed limitations on the operations of non-essential businesses. All of the Company's tenants' casino operations, in addition to the Company's two TRS Properties, were closed in mid-March 2020. Our properties began reopening at limited capacity in May 2020 and by early July 2020 nearly all had resumed operations at limited capacity. However, in the fourth quarter of 2020, increased spread of COVID-19 led some jurisdictions to impose temporary closures once again. As of the date of this filing, none of our properties are closed.

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Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the

instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of GLPI and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses for the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Specifically, gains and losses from dispositions of properties were previously classified within General and administrative expenses and are now presented separately on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. The notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (our "Annual Report") should be read in conjunction with these condensed consolidated financial statements. The December 31, 2020 financial information has been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report and since the date of those financial statements, the Company has not had any significant changes to these accounting policies that have had a material impact on the Company's financial statements.

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New Accounting Pronouncements	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]
New Accounting Pronouncements	New Accounting PronouncementsAccounting Pronouncements Recently AdoptedIn March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform ("ASU 2020-04"). Reference rates such as London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") are widely used in a broad range of financial instruments and other agreements. Regulators and market participants in various jurisdictions have undertaken efforts, generally referred to as "reference rate reform", to eliminate certain reference rates and introduce new reference rates that are based on a larger and more liquid population of observable transactions. As a result of this reform initiative, certain widely used rates such as LIBOR are expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients for applying the guidance for contract modifications or other situations affected by reference rate reform, specifically addressing the accounting for modifications of contracts within the scope of ASC Topic 310 on receivables, ASC 470 on debt, and ASC 842 on leases and ASC subtopic 815-15 on embedded derivatives. Based on the limited amount of obligations and contracts the Company currently has that references LIBOR, the Company does not anticipate any material impact from this pronouncement.

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Real Estate Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Real Estate [Abstract]

Real Estate Investments

Real Estate Investments

Real estate investments, net, represents investments in 45 rental properties and the corporate headquarters building and is summarized as follows:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	2,667,616	$	2,667,616
Building and improvements	6,030,482		6,030,482
Total real estate investments	8,698,098		8,698,098
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,467,329)		(1,410,940)
Real estate investments, net	$	7,230,769	$	7,287,158

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Property and Equipment Used in Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment Used in Operations

Property and Equipment Used in Operations

Property and equipment used in operations, net, consists of the following and primarily represents the assets utilized at the TRS Properties as the real estate will be leased to third party operators subsequent to the completion of the sale transactions as discussed in Note 6. 

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	30,566	$	30,540
Building and improvements	117,333		117,333
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment	28,789		28,767
Construction in progress	1,080		474
Total property and equipment	177,768		177,114
Less accumulated depreciation	(97,849)		(96,496)
Property and equipment, net	$	79,919	$	80,618

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Receivables Receivables

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Receivables [Abstract]

Assets Held for Sale

Assets Held for Sale

On November 25, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the operations of our Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge to Casino Queen for $28.2 million. The Company will retain ownership of all real estate assets at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and will simultaneously enter into a master lease with Casino Queen, which will include the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis that is currently leased by us to Casino Queen and the Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge facility (the "Casino Queen Master Lease"). The initial annual cash rent on the retained real estate will be approximately $21.4 million and the Casino Queen Master Lease will have an initial term of 15 years with four 5-year renewal options exercisable by the tenant. Additionally, the Company will complete the current land side development project that is in process and the rent under the Casino Queen Master Lease will be adjusted upon delivery to reflect a yield of 8.25% on GLPI's project costs. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2021.

On December 11, 2020, Penn agreed to purchase from the Company the operations of our Hollywood Casino Perryville, located in Perryville, Maryland, for $31.1 million, with the closing of such purchase, subject to regulatory approvals, expected to occur during the second half of 2021. Upon closing, the Company will lease the real estate of the Perryville facility to Penn pursuant to a lease providing for initial annual rent on the retained real estate of $7.77 million, subject to escalation provisions.

The Company has classified the operating assets of the two properties above as Assets held for sale since we expect these transactions to close within 12 months and classified the respective liabilities within Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet which is comprised of the following (in thousands).

Assets
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	$	9,153
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	126
Cash and cash equivalents	30,626
Prepaid expenses	2,797
Goodwill	16,067
Other intangible assets	9,577
Other assets	2,111
Total	$	70,457
Liabilities
Accounts payable	87
Accrued expenses	3,830
Accrued salaries and wages	1,931
Gaming, property and other taxes	582
Lease liabilities	125
Other liabilities	804
Total which is classified in Other Liabilities	$	7,359

The assets held for sale reside in the Company's TRS Segment. See Note 15 for the pre-tax income of this segment for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is comprised solely of the properties above with the exception of $0.9 million of depreciation expense associated with Tropicana Las Vegas for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Assets Held for Sale

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Assets Held for Sale

Assets Held for Sale

On November 25, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the operations of our Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge to Casino Queen for $28.2 million. The Company will retain ownership of all real estate assets at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and will simultaneously enter into a master lease with Casino Queen, which will include the Casino Queen property in East St. Louis that is currently leased by us to Casino Queen and the Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge facility (the "Casino Queen Master Lease"). The initial annual cash rent on the retained real estate will be approximately $21.4 million and the Casino Queen Master Lease will have an initial term of 15 years with four 5-year renewal options exercisable by the tenant. Additionally, the Company will complete the current land side development project that is in process and the rent under the Casino Queen Master Lease will be adjusted upon delivery to reflect a yield of 8.25% on GLPI's project costs. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2021.

On December 11, 2020, Penn agreed to purchase from the Company the operations of our Hollywood Casino Perryville, located in Perryville, Maryland, for $31.1 million, with the closing of such purchase, subject to regulatory approvals, expected to occur during the second half of 2021. Upon closing, the Company will lease the real estate of the Perryville facility to Penn pursuant to a lease providing for initial annual rent on the retained real estate of $7.77 million, subject to escalation provisions.

The Company has classified the operating assets of the two properties above as Assets held for sale since we expect these transactions to close within 12 months and classified the respective liabilities within Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet which is comprised of the following (in thousands).

Assets
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	$	9,153
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	126
Cash and cash equivalents	30,626
Prepaid expenses	2,797
Goodwill	16,067
Other intangible assets	9,577
Other assets	2,111
Total	$	70,457
Liabilities
Accounts payable	87
Accrued expenses	3,830
Accrued salaries and wages	1,931
Gaming, property and other taxes	582
Lease liabilities	125
Other liabilities	804
Total which is classified in Other Liabilities	$	7,359

The assets held for sale reside in the Company's TRS Segment. See Note 15 for the pre-tax income of this segment for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is comprised solely of the properties above with the exception of $0.9 million of depreciation expense associated with Tropicana Las Vegas for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities

Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities

Lease Assets

The Company is subject to various operating leases as lessee for both real estate and equipment, the majority of which are ground leases related to properties the Company leases to its tenants under triple-net operating leases. These ground leases may include fixed rent, as well as variable rent based upon an individual property’s performance or changes in an index such as the CPI and have maturity dates ranging from 2028 to 2108, when considering all renewal options. For certain of these ground leases, the Company’s tenants are responsible for payment directly to the third-party landlord. Under ASC 842, the Company is required to gross-up its condensed consolidated financial statements for these ground leases as the Company is considered the primary obligor. In conjunction with the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019, the Company recorded right-of-use assets and related lease liabilities on its condensed consolidated balance sheet to represent its rights to use the underlying leased assets and its future lease obligations, respectively, including for those ground leases paid directly by our tenants. Because the right-of-use asset relates, in part, to the same leases which resulted in the land right assets the Company recorded on its condensed consolidated balance sheet in conjunction with the Company's assumption of below market leases at the time it acquired the related land and building assets, the Company is required to report the right-of-use assets and land rights in the aggregate on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Land rights, net represent the Company's rights to land subject to long-term ground leases. The Company obtained ground lease rights through the acquisition of several of its rental properties and immediately subleased the land to its tenants. These land rights represent the below market value of the related ground leases. The Company assessed the acquired ground leases to determine if the lease terms were favorable or unfavorable, given market conditions at the acquisition date. Because

the market rents to be received under the Company's triple-net tenant leases were greater than the rents to be paid under the acquired ground leases, the Company concluded that the ground leases were below market and were therefore required to be recorded as a definite lived asset (land rights) on its books.

Components of the Company's right-of use assets and land rights, net are detailed below (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Right-of use assets - operating leases (1)	$	150,917	$	151,339
Land rights, net	615,015		617,858
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	$	765,932	$	769,197

(1) In addition, there is $0.1 million and $0.3 million of operating lease right-of-use assets included in assets held for sale at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Land Rights

The land rights are amortized over the individual lease term of the related ground lease, including all renewal options, which ranged from 10 years to 92 years at their respective acquisition dates. Land rights net, consist of the following:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land rights	$	667,751	$	667,751
Less accumulated amortization	(52,736)		(49,893)
Land rights, net	$	615,015	$	617,858

As of March 31, 2021, estimated future amortization expense related to the Company’s land rights by fiscal year is as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021 (remainder of year)	$	8,529
2022	11,372
2023	11,372
2024	11,372
2025	11,372
Thereafter	560,998
Total	$	615,015

Lease Liabilities

At March 31, 2021, maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021 (remainder of year)	$	8,310
2022	11,082
2023	11,081
2024	11,034
2025	10,984
Thereafter	569,957
Total lease payments	$	622,448
Less: interest	(470,544)
Present value of lease liabilities (1)	$	151,904

(1) In addition, there is $0.1 million of lease liabilities included in other liabilities related to liabilities held for sale.

Lease Expense

Operating lease costs represent the entire amount of expense recognized for operating leases that are recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Variable lease costs are not included in the measurement of the lease liability and include both lease payments tied to a property's performance and changes in an index such as the CPI that are not determinable at lease commencement, while short-term lease costs are costs for those operating leases with a term of 12 months or less.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)		(in thousands)
Operating lease cost	$	2,928	$	3,695
Variable lease cost	1,010		1,462
Short-term lease cost	327		227
Amortization of land right assets	2,843		3,020
Total lease cost	$	7,108	$	8,404

Amortization expense related to the land right intangibles, as well as variable lease costs and the majority of the Company's operating lease costs are recorded within land rights and ground lease expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company's short-term lease costs as well as a small portion of operating lease costs are recorded in both gaming, food, beverage and other expense and general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

Supplemental Disclosures Related to Leases

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows:

	March 31, 2021
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	56.23 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	6.73%

In addition, the weighted average remaining lease term and the weighted average discount rate for those operating

leases included in assets held for sale and other liabilities is 1.73 years and 4.36%, respectively.

Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of leases liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases (1) (2)	$	404	$	488
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations:
Operating leases	$	—	$	185

(1) The Company's cash paid for operating leases is significantly less than the lease cost for the same period due to the majority of the Company's ground lease rent being paid directly to the landlords by the Company's tenants. Although GLPI expends no cash related to these leases, they are required to be grossed up in the Company's financial statements under ASC 842.

(2) In addition, there is $36 thousand related to assets held for sale and other liabilities for operating cash flows from cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Long-term Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term Debt

Long-term Debt

Long-term debt is as follows: 

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Unsecured $1,175 million revolver	$	—	$	—
Unsecured term loan A-2	424,019		424,019
$500 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due November 2023	500,000		500,000
$400 million 3.35% senior unsecured notes due September 2024	400,000		400,000
$850 million 5.25% senior unsecured notes due June 2025	850,000		850,000
$975 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due April 2026	975,000		975,000
$500 million 5.75% senior unsecured notes due June 2028	500,000		500,000
$750 million 5.30% senior unsecured notes due January 2029	750,000		750,000
$700 million 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2030	700,000		700,000
$700 million 4.00%senior unsecured notes due January 2031	700,000		700,000
Finance lease liability	827		860
Total long-term debt	5,799,846		5,799,879
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	(42,721)		(45,190)
Total long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	$	5,757,125	$	5,754,689

The following is a schedule of future minimum repayments of long-term debt as of March 31, 2021 (in thousands): 

Within one year	$	137
2-3 years	924,313
4-5 years	1,250,324
Over 5 years	3,625,072
Total minimum payments	$	5,799,846

Senior Unsecured Credit Facility

Prior to June 25, 2020, the Company's senior unsecured credit facility (the "Credit Facility") consisted of a $1,175 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolver") with a maturity date of May 21, 2023, and a $449 million Term Loan A-1 facility with a maturity date of April 28, 2021.

The Company fully drew down on its Revolver in the first quarter of 2020 to increase its liquidity position and repay certain senior unsecured notes. On June 25, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the Credit Facility (as amended, the "Amended Credit Facility" which extended the maturity date of approximately $224 million of outstanding Term Loan A-1 facility borrowings to May 21, 2023, which term loans are now classified as a new tranche of term loans (Term Loans A-2). Additionally, the Company borrowed incremental Term Loans A-2 totaling $200 million. Furthermore, on June 25, 2020, the Company also closed on an offering of $500 million of 4.00% unsecured senior notes due in January 2031 at an issue price equal to 98.827% of the principal amount. The Company utilized the proceeds from these two financings along with cash on hand to repay all outstanding obligations under its Revolver. On August 18, 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $200 million of 4.00% unsecured senior notes due in January 2031 at an issue price equal to 103.824% of the principal amount. The Company utilized the net proceeds from this additional borrowing to repay indebtedness under the Term Loan A-1 facility.

At March 31, 2021, the Amended Credit Facility had a gross outstanding balance of $424.0 million, consisting of the Term Loan A-2 facility. Additionally, at March 31, 2021, the Company was contingently obligated under letters of credit issued pursuant to the Amended Credit Facility with face amounts aggregating approximately $0.4 million, resulting in $1,174.6 million available borrowing capacity under the Revolver as of March 31, 2021.

The interest rates payable on the loans are, at the Company's option, equal to either a LIBOR rate or a base rate plus an applicable margin, which ranges from 1.0% to 2.0% per annum for LIBOR loans and 0.0% to 1.0% per annum for base rate loans, in each case, depending on the credit ratings assigned to the Credit Facility. At March 31, 2021, the applicable margin was 1.50% for LIBOR loans and 0.50% for base rate loans. In addition, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments under the Revolver at a rate that ranges from 0.15% to 0.35% per annum, depending on the credit ratings assigned to the Credit Facility. At March 31, 2021, the commitment fee rate was 0.25%. The Company is not required to repay any loans under the Credit Facility prior to maturity and may prepay all or any portion of the loans under the Credit Facility prior to maturity without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of any LIBOR breakage costs of the lenders. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, GLP Capital, is the primary obligor under the Credit Facility, which is guaranteed by GLPI.

The Amended Credit Facility contains customary covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of GLPI and its subsidiaries to grant liens on their assets, incur indebtedness, sell assets, make investments, engage in acquisitions, mergers or consolidations or pay certain dividends and other restricted payments. The Amended Credit Facility contains the following financial covenants, which are measured quarterly on a trailing four-quarter basis: a maximum total debt to total asset value ratio, a maximum senior secured debt to total asset value ratio, a maximum ratio of certain recourse debt to unencumbered asset value and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. In addition, GLPI is required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth and its status as a REIT. GLPI is permitted to pay dividends to its shareholders as may be required in order to maintain REIT status, subject to the absence of payment or bankruptcy defaults. GLPI is also permitted to make other dividends and distributions subject to pro forma compliance with the financial covenants and the absence of defaults. The Amended Credit Facility also contains certain customary affirmative covenants and events of default, including the occurrence of a change of control and termination of the Penn Master Lease (subject to certain replacement rights). The occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Amended Credit Facility will enable the lenders under the Amended Credit Facility to accelerate the loans and terminate the commitments thereunder. At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants under the Amended Credit Facility.

Senior Unsecured Notes

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company redeemed all $215.2 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.875% senior unsecured notes due in November 2020 and all $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.375% senior unsecured notes due in April 2021. The Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of $17.3 million, primarily for call premium charges and debt issuance write-offs.

At March 31, 2021, the Company had $5,375.0 million of outstanding senior unsecured notes (the "Senior Notes"). Each of the Company's Senior Notes contain covenants limiting the Company’s ability to: incur additional debt and use its assets to secure debt; merge or consolidate with another company; and make certain amendments to the Penn Master Lease. The Senior Notes also require the Company to maintain a specified ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured debt. These covenants are subject to a number of important and significant limitations, qualifications and exceptions.

At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants under its Senior Notes.

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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value are classified based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. ASC 820 - Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820") establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes fair value measurements based on the types of inputs used for the various valuation techniques (market approach, income approach, and cost approach). The levels of the hierarchy related to the subjectivity of the valuation inputs are described below:

•Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 

•Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; these include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. 

•Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity.

    The Company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following methods and assumptions are used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents approximates the carrying value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, due to the short maturity of the cash equivalents.

Deferred Compensation Plan Assets

The Company's deferred compensation plan assets consist of open-ended mutual funds and as such the fair value measurement of the assets is considered a Level 1 measurement as defined under ASC 820. Deferred compensation plan assets are included within other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Long-term Debt

The fair value of the Senior Notes are estimated based on quoted prices in active markets and as such is a Level 1 measurement as defined under ASC 820. The fair value of the obligations in our Amended Credit Facility is based on indicative pricing from market information (Level 2 inputs).

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (1)	$	520,740	$	520,740	$	486,451	$	486,451
Deferred compensation plan assets	31,005		31,005		35,514		35,514
Financial liabilities:
Long-term debt:
Amended Credit Facility	424,019		424,019		424,019		424,019
Senior Notes	5,375,000		5,903,868		5,375,000		6,026,840

(1) In addition, there is $30.6 million at March 31, 2021 and $22.1 million at December 31, 2020 in cash and cash equivalents in assets held for sale.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is subject to various legal and administrative proceedings relating to personal injuries, employment matters, commercial transactions, and other matters arising in the normal course of business. The Company does not believe that the final outcome of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In addition, the Company maintains what it believes is adequate insurance coverage to further mitigate the risks of such proceedings. However, such proceedings can be costly, time consuming, and unpredictable and, therefore, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of such proceedings may not materially impact the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. Further, no assurance can be given that the amount or scope of existing insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover losses arising from such matters.

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Revenue Recognition

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue Recognition [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

As of March 31, 2021, 19 of the Company’s real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Penn under the Penn Master Lease, an additional 12 of the Company's real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Penn under the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, 6 of the Company's real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Caesars under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease and 3 of the Company's real estate investment properties were leased to a subsidiary of Boyd under the Boyd Master Lease. Additionally, the Meadows real estate assets are leased to Penn pursuant to the Meadows Lease, the land under a Penn development facility is subject to the Morgantown Lease and the Casino Queen real estate assets are leased back to the operator under the Casino Queen Lease. Finally, the Company has single property triple net leases with Caesars under the Lumière Place Lease and Boyd under the Belterra Park Lease.

The obligations under the Penn Master Lease and Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, as well as the Meadows Lease and Morgantown Lease are guaranteed by Penn and, with respect to each lease, jointly and severally by Penn's subsidiaries that occupy and operate the facilities covered by such lease. Similarly, the obligations under the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease are jointly and severally guaranteed by Caesars and by most of Caesars subsidiaries that occupy and operate the leased facilities. The obligations under the Boyd Master Lease are jointly and severally guaranteed by Boyd's subsidiaries that occupy and operate the facilities leased under the Boyd Master Lease.

The rent structure under the Penn Master Lease includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities, which is prospectively adjusted, (i) every five years to an amount equal to 4% of the average net revenues of all facilities under the Penn Master Lease (other than Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo) during the preceding five years in excess of a contractual baseline, and (ii) monthly by an amount equal to 20% of the net revenues of Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo during the preceding month in excess of a contractual baseline, although Hollywood Casino Toledo has a monthly percentage rent floor which equals $22.9 million annually due to Penn's acquisition of a competing facility, Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, Michigan.

Similar to the Penn Master Lease, the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease also includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities, which is prospectively adjusted subject to certain floors (namely the Bossier City Boomtown property due to Penn's acquisition of a competing facility, Margaritaville Resort Casino), every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average net revenues of all facilities under the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

On July 23, 2020, the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease became effective as described more fully in Note 1. This modification was accounted for as a new lease which the Company concluded continued to meet the criteria for operating lease treatment. As a result, the existing deferred revenue at the time of the amendment is being recognized in the income statement over the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease's new initial lease term, which now expires in September 2038. The Company has concluded the renewal options of up to an additional 20 years at the tenant's option are not reasonably certain of being exercised as failure to renew would not result in a significant penalty to the tenant. In addition, the guaranteed fixed escalations in the new initial lease term will be recognized on a straight line basis.

On December 18, 2020, following the receipt of required regulatory approvals, the Company and Caesars completed the Exchange Agreement with subsidiaries of Caesars in which Caesars transferred to the Company the real estate assets of Waterloo and Bettendorf in exchange for the transfer by the Company to Caesars of the real property assets of Tropicana

Evansville, plus a cash payment of $5.7 million. The Waterloo and Bettendorf facilities were added to the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease and the rent was increased by $520,000 annually. This Exchange Transaction resulted in a reconsideration of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease which resulted in the continuation of operating lease treatment for accounting classification purposes.

The Boyd Master Lease includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities, which is adjusted, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of all facilities under the Boyd Master Lease during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

In May 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Belterra Park in satisfaction of the Belterra Park Loan, subject to the Belterra Park Lease with a Boyd affiliate operating the property. The Belterra Park Lease rent terms are consistent with the Boyd Master Lease. The annual rent is comprised of a fixed component, part of which is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met and a component that is based on the performance of the facilities which is adjusted, every two years to an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of Belterra Park during the preceding two years in excess of a contractual baseline.

On September 29, 2020, the Company acquired the real estate of Lumière Place in satisfaction of the CZR loan, subject to the Lumière Place Lease, the initial term of which expires on October 31, 2033, with 4 separate renewal options of five years each, exercisable at the tenant's option. The Lumière Place Lease's rent is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met.

The Meadows Lease contains a fixed component, subject to annual escalators, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every two years to an amount determined by multiplying (i) 4% by (ii) the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing two-year period. The Meadows Lease contains an annual escalator provision for up to 5% of the base rent, if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, which remains at 5% until the earlier of ten years or the year in which total rent is $31.0 million, at which point the escalator will be reduced to 2% annually thereafter.

The Morgantown Lease became effective on October 1, 2020 whereby the Company is leasing the land under Penn's gaming facility under construction for an initial cash rent of $3.0 million, provided, however, that (i) on the opening date and on each anniversary thereafter the rent shall be increased by 1.5% annually (on a prorated basis for the remainder of the lease year in which the gaming facility opens) for each of the following three lease years and (ii) commencing on the fourth anniversary of the opening date and for each anniversary thereafter, (a) if the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, the rent for such lease year shall increase by 1.25% of rent as of the immediately preceding lease year, and (b) if the CPI increase is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year.

The rent structure under the Casino Queen Lease also includes a fixed component, a portion of which is subject to an annual 2% escalator if certain rent coverage ratio thresholds are met, and a component that is based on the performance of the facility, which is reset every five years to an amount equal to the greater of (i) the annual amount of non-fixed rent applicable for the lease year immediately preceding such rent reset year and (ii) an amount equal to 4% of the average annual net revenues of the facility for the trailing five-year period.

Furthermore, the Company's master leases provide for a floor on the percentage rent described above, should the Company's tenants acquire or commence operating a competing facility within a restricted area (typically 60 miles from a property under the existing master lease with such tenant). These clauses provide landlord protections by basing the percentage rent floor for any affected facility on the net revenues of such facility for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the competing facility is acquired or first operated by the tenant. A percentage rent floor was triggered on Penn's Hollywood Casino Toledo property, as a result of Penn's purchase of the operations of the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, Michigan and a floor on the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was triggered on the Bossier City Boomtown property due to Penn's acquisition of Margaritaville Resort Casino.

In addition to rent, as triple-net lessees, all of the Company's tenants are required to pay the following executory costs: (1) all facility maintenance, (2) all insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, including coverage of the landlord's interests, (3) taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties (other than taxes on the income of the lessor) and (4) all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties.

The Company determined, based on facts and circumstances prevailing at the time of each lease's inception, that neither Penn nor Casino Queen could continue as a going concern without the property(ies) that are leased to them under the Penn Master Lease and the Casino Queen Master Lease. At lease inception, all of Casino Queen's revenues and substantially all of Penn's revenues were generated from operations in connection with the leased properties. There are also various legal restrictions in the jurisdictions in which Penn, and Casino Queen operate that limit the availability and location of gaming facilities, which makes relocation or replacement of the leased gaming facilities restrictive and potentially impracticable or unavailable. Moreover, under the terms of the Penn Master Lease, Penn must make renewal elections with respect to all of the leased property together; the tenant is not entitled to selectively renew certain of the leased property while not renewing other property. Accordingly, the Company concluded that failure by Penn or Casino Queen to renew the Penn Master Lease or Casino Queen Lease, respectively, would impose a significant penalty on such tenant such that renewal of all lease renewal options appeared at lease inception to be reasonably assured. Therefore, the Company concluded that the term of the Penn Master Lease and the Casino Queen Lease is 35 years, equal to the initial 15-year term plus all four of the 5-year renewal options.

On October 15, 2018, in conjunction with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Pinnacle Master Lease was amended by a fourth amendment to allow for the sale of the operating assets of Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and Belterra Casino Resort from Pinnacle to Boyd. As a result of this amendment, the Company reassessed the lease's classification and determined the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease qualified for operating lease treatment under ASC 840. Therefore, subsequent to the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease is treated as an operating lease in its entirety. Because the properties under the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease did not represent a meaningful portion of Penn's business at the time Penn assumed the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease, the Company concluded that the lease term of the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease was 10 years, equal to the initial 10-year term only.

In connection with Penn exercising its first renewal option on October 1, 2020, the Company reassessed the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease as the lease term now concludes on May 1, 2031. The Company continued to conclude that each individual lease component within the Amended Pinnacle Master Lease meets the definition of an operating lease. The deferred rent and fixed minimum lease payments at October 1, 2020 are being recognized on a straight-line basis over the new initial lease term ending on May 1, 2031.

Because the Meadows Lease was a single property lease operated by a large multi-property operator, GLPI concluded it was not reasonably assured at lease inception that the operator would elect to exercise any lease renewal options. Therefore, the Company concluded that the lease term of the Meadows Lease was 10 years, equal to the initial 10-year term only. In conjunction with the Penn-Pinnacle Merger, Penn assumed the Meadows Lease from Pinnacle. The accounting for the Meadows Lease, including the lease term was not impacted by the change in tenant. Based upon similar fact patterns, the Company concluded it was not reasonably assured at lease inception that Caesars or Boyd would elect to exercise all lease renewal options under the Caesars Master Lease and the Boyd Master Lease as the earnings from these properties did not represent a meaningful portion of either tenant's business at lease inception; therefore the Company concluded that the lease term of the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease was its remaining initial lease term which was extended by 5 years when the Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease became effective on July 23, 2020. The lease term of the Boyd Master Lease is 10 years, equal to the initial term of such master lease.

The Belterra Park Lease, Morgantown Lease and Lumière Park Lease are single property leases operated by large-multi-property operators and as such the Company concluded it was not reasonably assured at lease inception that the operator would elect to exercise any renewal options. Accordingly, the lease term of these leases is equal to their initial terms.

Details of the Company's rental income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Building base rent (1)	$	172,449
Land base rent	51,408
Percentage rent	35,996
Total cash rental income	$	259,853
Straight-line rent adjustments	828
Ground rent in revenue	3,111
Other rental revenue	50
Total rental income	$	263,842

(1) Building base rent is subject to the annual rent escalators described above.

As of March 31, 2021, the future minimum rental income from the Company's rental properties under non-cancelable operating leases, including any reasonably assured renewal periods, was as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,	Future Rental Payments Receivable		Straight-Line Rent Adjustments		Future Base Ground Rents Receivable		Future Income to be Recognized Related to Operating Leases
2021 (remainder of year)	$	761,691	$	2,484	$	7,097	$	771,272
2022	987,785		22,180		9,468		1,019,433
2023	962,333		30,927		9,473		1,002,733
2024	930,017		30,053		9,480		969,550
2025	931,378		28,927		9,486		969,791
Thereafter	12,488,695		217,662		78,558		12,784,915
Total	$	17,061,899	$	332,233	$	123,562	$	17,517,694

The table above presents the cash rent the Company expects to receive from its tenants, offset by adjustments to recognize this rent on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company also includes the future non-cash revenue it expects to recognize from the fixed portion of tenant paid ground leases in the table above.

The Company may periodically loan funds to casino owner-operators for the purchase of real estate. Interest income related to real estate loans is recorded as revenue from real estate within the Company's consolidated statements of income in the period earned. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company had interest income from real estate loans of $7.3 million.

Gaming, Food, Beverage and Other Revenues

Gaming revenue generated by the TRS Properties mainly consists of revenue from slot machines, and to a lesser extent, table game and poker revenue. Gaming revenue is recognized net of certain sales incentives, including promotional allowances in accordance with ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company also defers a portion of the revenue received from customers (who participate in points-based loyalty programs) at the time of play until a later period when the points are redeemed or forfeited. Other revenues at our TRS Properties are derived from our dining, retail and certain other ancillary activities.

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Earnings per Share Earnings per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per Share

Earnings Per Share

The Company calculates earnings per share ("EPS") in accordance with ASC 260 - Earnings per Share ("ASC 260"). Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding net income attributable to participating securities (unvested restricted stock awards). Diluted EPS reflects the additional dilution for all potentially-dilutive securities such as stock options, unvested restricted shares and unvested performance-based restricted shares. In accordance with ASC 260, the Company includes all performance-based

restricted shares that would have vested based upon the Company’s performance at quarter-end in the calculation of diluted EPS. Diluted EPS for the Company's common stock is computed using the more dilutive of the two-class method or the treasury stock method.

The following table reconciles the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic EPS to the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020: 

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021	2020
	(in thousands)
Determination of shares:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	232,775	215,090
Assumed conversion of restricted stock awards	116	50
Assumed conversion of performance-based restricted stock awards	574	309
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	233,465	215,449

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the Company’s common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020: 

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Calculation of basic EPS:
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	(157)		(144)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	127,027	$	96,750
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	232,775		215,090
Basic EPS	$	0.55	$	0.45
Calculation of diluted EPS:
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	233,465		215,449
Diluted EPS	$	0.54	$	0.45
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share	228		71

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Shareholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders' Equity

Common Stock

On August 14, 2019, the Company commenced a continuous equity offering under which the Company may sell up to an aggregate of $600 million of its common stock from time to time through a sales agent in "at the market" offerings (the "ATM Program"). Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions, the trading price of the Company's common stock and determinations of the appropriate sources of funding. The Company may sell the shares in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company, but has no obligation to sell any of the shares in the ATM Program. The ATM Program also allows the Company to enter into forward sale agreements. In no event will the aggregate number of shares sold under the ATM Program (whether under any forward sale agreement or through a sales agent), have an aggregate sales price in excess of $600 million. The Company expects, that if it enters into a forward sale contract, to physically settle each forward sale agreement with the forward purchaser on one or more dates specified by the Company prior to the maturity date of that particular forward sale agreement, in which case the aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement will equal the number of shares underlying the particular forward sale agreement multiplied by the relevant forward sale price. However, the

Company may also elect to cash settle or net share settle a particular forward sale agreement, in which case proceeds may or may not be received or cash may be owed to the forward purchaser.

In connection with the ATM Program, the Company engaged a sales agent who may receive compensation of up to 2% of the gross sales price of the shares sold. Similarly, in the event the Company enters into a forward sale agreement, it will pay the relevant forward seller a commission of up to 2% of the sales price of all borrowed shares of common stock sold during the applicable selling period of the forward sale agreement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not sell any shares of its common stock under the ATM Program. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $599.6 million remaining for issuance under the ATM Program and had not entered into any forward sale agreements.

Dividends

The following table lists the dividends declared and paid by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

Declaration Date	Shareholder Record Date	Securities Class	Dividend Per Share		Period Covered	Distribution Date	Dividend Amount
							(in thousands)
2021
February 22, 2021	March 9, 2021	Common Stock	$0.65		First Quarter 2021	March 23, 2021	$	151,308
2020
February 20, 2020	March 6, 2020	Common Stock	$	0.70	First Quarter 2020	March 20, 2020	$	150,574

In addition, for both the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, dividend payments were made to GLPI restricted stock award holders in the amount of $0.2 million.

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Stock Based Compensation Stock Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock compensation under ASC 718 - Compensation - Stock Compensation, which requires the Company to expense the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. This expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period following the date of grant. The fair value of the Company's time-based restricted stock awards is equivalent to the closing stock price on the day of grant. The Company utilizes a third party valuation firm to measure the fair value of performance-based restricted stock awards at grant date using the Monte Carlo model.

As of March 31, 2021, there was $6.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost for restricted stock awards that will be recognized over the grants' remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.90 years. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $3.4 million of compensation expense associated with these awards, compared to $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, within general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table contains information on restricted stock award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

	Number of Award Shares
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	252,560
Granted	236,569
Released	(200,542)
Canceled	(300)
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	288,287

Performance-based restricted stock awards have a three-year cliff vesting with the amount of restricted shares vesting at the end of the three-year period determined based upon the Company’s performance as measured against its peers.  More specifically, the percentage of shares vesting at the end of the measurement period will be based on the Company’s three-year total shareholder return measured against the three-year total shareholder return of the companies included in the MSCI US REIT index and the Company's stock performance ranking among a group of triple-net REIT peer companies. The triple-net measurement group includes publicly traded REITs, which the Company believes derive at least 75% of revenues from triple-net leases. As of March 31, 2021, there was $18.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, which will be recognized over the performance-based restricted stock awards' remaining weighted average vesting period of 2.25 years.  For both the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $2.4 million of compensation expense associated with these awards within general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table contains information on performance-based restricted stock award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

	Number of  Performance-Based Award Shares
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	1,193,994
Granted	478,000
Released	(366,888)
Canceled	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	1,305,106

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Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

Consistent with how the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (as such term is defined in ASC 280 - Segment Reporting) reviews and assesses the Company’s financial performance, the Company has two reportable segments, GLP Capital, L.P. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of GLPI through which GLPI owns substantially all of its real estate assets) and the TRS Segment. The GLP Capital reportable segment consists of the leased real property and represents the majority of the Company’s business. The TRS Segment consists of Hollywood Casino Perryville and Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge, as well as the real estate of Tropicana Las Vegas.

The following tables present certain information with respect to the Company’s segments.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021						Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
(in thousands)	GLP Capital (1)		TRS Segment (2)		Total		GLP Capital (1)		TRS Segment		Total
Total revenues	$	263,842	$	37,701	$	301,543	$	256,723	$	26,759	$	283,482
Income from operations	190,171		9,930		200,101		183,184		3,166		186,350
Interest expense	65,954		4,459		70,413		69,403		2,601		72,004
Income before income taxes	124,340		5,472		129,812		96,648		565		97,213
Income tax expense	292		2,336		2,628		127		192		319
Net income	124,048		3,136		127,184		96,521		373		96,894
Depreciation	56,861		1,840		58,701		54,776		1,787		56,563
Capital project expenditures	—		606		606		—		—		—
Capital maintenance expenditures	21		417		438		88		558		646

(1)              Interest expense is net of intercompany interest eliminations of $4.5 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information and Noncash Activities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Additional Cash Flow Elements and Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information and Noncash Activities

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information and Noncash Activities

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$	24	$	—
Cash paid for interest	$	58,645	$	52,339

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company did not engage in any noncash investing and financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

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Pending Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Pending Acquisitions	. Pending AcquisitionsIn addition to the two pending transactions discussed in Note 6, on October 27, 2020, the Company entered into a series of definitive agreements pursuant to which a subsidiary of Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY) ("Bally's") will reacquire 100% of the equity interests in the Caesars subsidiary that currently operates Tropicana Evansville and the Company will acquire the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville from Caesars for a cash purchase price of approximately $340.0 million. The Company also entered into a real estate purchase agreement with Bally's pursuant to which it will purchase the real estate assets of the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, located in Dover, Delaware, which is currently owned and operated by Bally's, for a cash purchase price of approximately$144.0 million. At the close of these transactions, which are expected to occur in mid-2021, subject to regulatory approvals, the Tropicana Evansville and Dover Downs Hotel & Casino facilities will be added to a new master lease ("Bally's Master Lease"). The Company anticipates that the Bally's Master Lease will have an initial term of 15 years, with no purchase option, followed by four five-year renewal options (exercisable by Bally's) on the same terms and conditions. Rent under the Bally's Master Lease will be $40.0 million annually and is subject to an annual escalator of up to 2% determined in relation to the annual increase in the CPI.

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Subsequent Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

On April 13, 2021, the Company announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet with Bally's to acquire the real estate of Bally’s casino property in Black Hawk, CO and the property Bally's plans to acquire in Rock Island, IL, in a transaction which is subject to regulatory approval. Total consideration for the acquisition is $150 million. The parties expect to add the properties to the Bally's Master Lease which is expected to generate incremental rent of $12 million. The acquisitions of the real estate assets by the Company of Bally’s properties in Rock Island and Black Hawk are expected to close in early 2022.

In addition, Bally’s has granted GLPI a right of first refusal to fund the real property acquisition or development project costs associated with any and all potential future transactions in Michigan, Maryland, New York and Virginia through one or more sale-leaseback or similar transactions for a term of seven years.

Bally’s also plans to acquire both GLPI’s non-land real estate assets and Penn's outstanding equity interests in Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Inc. for an aggregate cash acquisition price of $150 million. GLPI would retain ownership of the land and would concurrently enter into a 50 years ground lease with initial annual rent of $10.5 million. The ground lease would be supported by a Bally’s corporate guarantee and cross-defaulted with the Bally's Master Lease. This transaction is expected to close in early 2022.

Both GLPI and Bally’s have committed to a structure in which GLPI has the potential to acquire additional assets in sale-leaseback transactions to the extent Bally’s elects to utilize GLPI’s capital as a funding source for its proposed acquisition of Gamesys Group plc. The $500 million commitment provides Bally’s an alternative financing commitment which at GLPI’s sole discretion may be funded in the form of equity, additional pr.epaid sale-leaseback transactions or secured loans.

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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, Policy

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value are classified based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. ASC 820 - Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820") establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes fair value measurements based on the types of inputs used for the various valuation techniques (market approach, income approach, and cost approach). The levels of the hierarchy related to the subjectivity of the valuation inputs are described below:

•Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 

•Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; these include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. 

•Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity.

    The Company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy.

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Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition, Policy

Gaming, Food, Beverage and Other Revenues

Gaming revenue generated by the TRS Properties mainly consists of revenue from slot machines, and to a lesser extent, table game and poker revenue. Gaming revenue is recognized net of certain sales incentives, including promotional allowances in accordance with ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company also defers a portion of the revenue received from customers (who participate in points-based loyalty programs) at the time of play until a later period when the points are redeemed or forfeited. Other revenues at our TRS Properties are derived from our dining, retail and certain other ancillary activities.

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Earnings per Share Earnings per Share (Policies)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Earnings per Share	The Company calculates earnings per share ("EPS") in accordance with ASC 260 - Earnings per Share ("ASC 260"). Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding net income attributable to participating securities (unvested restricted stock awards). Diluted EPS reflects the additional dilution for all potentially-dilutive securities such as stock options, unvested restricted shares and unvested performance-based restricted shares. In accordance with ASC 260, the Company includes all performance-based restricted shares that would have vested based upon the Company’s performance at quarter-end in the calculation of diluted EPS. Diluted EPS for the Company's common stock is computed using the more dilutive of the two-class method or the treasury stock method.

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Stock Based Compensation Stock-Based Compensation (Policies)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation	The Company accounts for stock compensation under ASC 718 - Compensation - Stock Compensation, which requires the Company to expense the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. This expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period following the date of grant. The fair value of the Company's time-based restricted stock awards is equivalent to the closing stock price on the day of grant. The Company utilizes a third party valuation firm to measure the fair value of performance-based restricted stock awards at grant date using the Monte Carlo model.

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Real Estate Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Real Estate [Abstract]

Schedule of Real Estate Investments, Net

Real estate investments, net, represents investments in 45 rental properties and the corporate headquarters building and is summarized as follows:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	2,667,616	$	2,667,616
Building and improvements	6,030,482		6,030,482
Total real estate investments	8,698,098		8,698,098
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,467,329)		(1,410,940)
Real estate investments, net	$	7,230,769	$	7,287,158

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Property and Equipment Used in Operations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Property and Equipment Used in Operations, Net

Property and equipment used in operations, net, consists of the following and primarily represents the assets utilized at the TRS Properties as the real estate will be leased to third party operators subsequent to the completion of the sale transactions as discussed in Note 6. 

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	30,566	$	30,540
Building and improvements	117,333		117,333
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment	28,789		28,767
Construction in progress	1,080		474
Total property and equipment	177,768		177,114
Less accumulated depreciation	(97,849)		(96,496)
Property and equipment, net	$	79,919	$	80,618

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Assets Held for Sale (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale

The Company has classified the operating assets of the two properties above as Assets held for sale since we expect these transactions to close within 12 months and classified the respective liabilities within Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet which is comprised of the following (in thousands).

Assets
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	$	9,153
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	126
Cash and cash equivalents	30,626
Prepaid expenses	2,797
Goodwill	16,067
Other intangible assets	9,577
Other assets	2,111
Total	$	70,457
Liabilities
Accounts payable	87
Accrued expenses	3,830
Accrued salaries and wages	1,931
Gaming, property and other taxes	582
Lease liabilities	125
Other liabilities	804
Total which is classified in Other Liabilities	$	7,359

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Components of the Company's Right-of Use Assets and Land Rights, Net

Components of the Company's right-of use assets and land rights, net are detailed below (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Right-of use assets - operating leases (1)	$	150,917	$	151,339
Land rights, net	615,015		617,858
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	$	765,932	$	769,197

(1) In addition, there is $0.1 million and $0.3 million of operating lease right-of-use assets included in assets held for sale at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Schedule of Land Rights, Net

Land rights net, consist of the following:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Land rights	$	667,751	$	667,751
Less accumulated amortization	(52,736)		(49,893)
Land rights, net	$	615,015	$	617,858

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense

As of March 31, 2021, estimated future amortization expense related to the Company’s land rights by fiscal year is as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021 (remainder of year)	$	8,529
2022	11,372
2023	11,372
2024	11,372
2025	11,372
Thereafter	560,998
Total	$	615,015

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity

At March 31, 2021, maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021 (remainder of year)	$	8,310
2022	11,082
2023	11,081
2024	11,034
2025	10,984
Thereafter	569,957
Total lease payments	$	622,448
Less: interest	(470,544)
Present value of lease liabilities (1)	$	151,904

Components of Lease Expense

The components of lease expense were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)		(in thousands)
Operating lease cost	$	2,928	$	3,695
Variable lease cost	1,010		1,462
Short-term lease cost	327		227
Amortization of land right assets	2,843		3,020
Total lease cost	$	7,108	$	8,404

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows:

	March 31, 2021
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	56.23 years
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	6.73%

Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of leases liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases (1) (2)	$	404	$	488
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations:
Operating leases	$	—	$	185

(1) The Company's cash paid for operating leases is significantly less than the lease cost for the same period due to the majority of the Company's ground lease rent being paid directly to the landlords by the Company's tenants. Although GLPI expends no cash related to these leases, they are required to be grossed up in the Company's financial statements under ASC 842.

(2) In addition, there is $36 thousand related to assets held for sale and other liabilities for operating cash flows from cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Long-term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

Long-term debt is as follows: 

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Unsecured $1,175 million revolver	$	—	$	—
Unsecured term loan A-2	424,019		424,019
$500 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due November 2023	500,000		500,000
$400 million 3.35% senior unsecured notes due September 2024	400,000		400,000
$850 million 5.25% senior unsecured notes due June 2025	850,000		850,000
$975 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due April 2026	975,000		975,000
$500 million 5.75% senior unsecured notes due June 2028	500,000		500,000
$750 million 5.30% senior unsecured notes due January 2029	750,000		750,000
$700 million 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2030	700,000		700,000
$700 million 4.00%senior unsecured notes due January 2031	700,000		700,000
Finance lease liability	827		860
Total long-term debt	5,799,846		5,799,879
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	(42,721)		(45,190)
Total long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	$	5,757,125	$	5,754,689

Schedule of future minimum repayments of long-term debt

The following is a schedule of future minimum repayments of long-term debt as of March 31, 2021 (in thousands): 

Within one year	$	137
2-3 years	924,313
4-5 years	1,250,324
Over 5 years	3,625,072
Total minimum payments	$	5,799,846

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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of estimated fair values of financial instruments

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (1)	$	520,740	$	520,740	$	486,451	$	486,451
Deferred compensation plan assets	31,005		31,005		35,514		35,514
Financial liabilities:
Long-term debt:
Amended Credit Facility	424,019		424,019		424,019		424,019
Senior Notes	5,375,000		5,903,868		5,375,000		6,026,840

Schedule of assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

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Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Revenue Recognition [Abstract]

Operating Leases, Lease Income Details

etails of the Company's rental income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Building base rent (1)	$	172,449
Land base rent	51,408
Percentage rent	35,996
Total cash rental income	$	259,853
Straight-line rent adjustments	828
Ground rent in revenue	3,111
Other rental revenue	50
Total rental income	$	263,842

Schedule of future minimum lease payments receivable from operating leases

As of March 31, 2021, the future minimum rental income from the Company's rental properties under non-cancelable operating leases, including any reasonably assured renewal periods, was as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,	Future Rental Payments Receivable		Straight-Line Rent Adjustments		Future Base Ground Rents Receivable		Future Income to be Recognized Related to Operating Leases
2021 (remainder of year)	$	761,691	$	2,484	$	7,097	$	771,272
2022	987,785		22,180		9,468		1,019,433
2023	962,333		30,927		9,473		1,002,733
2024	930,017		30,053		9,480		969,550
2025	931,378		28,927		9,486		969,791
Thereafter	12,488,695		217,662		78,558		12,784,915
Total	$	17,061,899	$	332,233	$	123,562	$	17,517,694

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Earnings per Share Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of reconciliation of the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic EPS to the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of diluted EPS

The following table reconciles the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic EPS to the weighted-average common shares outstanding used in the calculation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020: 

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021	2020
	(in thousands)
Determination of shares:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	232,775	215,090
Assumed conversion of restricted stock awards	116	50
Assumed conversion of performance-based restricted stock awards	574	309
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	233,465	215,449

Schedule of calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the Company's common stock

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the Company’s common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020: 

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Calculation of basic EPS:
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	(157)		(144)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	127,027	$	96,750
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	232,775		215,090
Basic EPS	$	0.55	$	0.45
Calculation of diluted EPS:
Net income	$	127,184	$	96,894
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	233,465		215,449
Diluted EPS	$	0.54	$	0.45
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share	228		71

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Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Dividends Declared

The following table lists the dividends declared and paid by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

Declaration Date	Shareholder Record Date	Securities Class	Dividend Per Share		Period Covered	Distribution Date	Dividend Amount
							(in thousands)
2021
February 22, 2021	March 9, 2021	Common Stock	$0.65		First Quarter 2021	March 23, 2021	$	151,308
2020
February 20, 2020	March 6, 2020	Common Stock	$	0.70	First Quarter 2020	March 20, 2020	$	150,574

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Stock Based Compensation Stock Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of restricted stock award activity

The following table contains information on restricted stock award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

	Number of Award Shares
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	252,560
Granted	236,569
Released	(200,542)
Canceled	(300)
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	288,287

Schedule of performance-based restricted stock award activity

The following table contains information on performance-based restricted stock award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

	Number of  Performance-Based Award Shares
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	1,193,994
Granted	478,000
Released	(366,888)
Canceled	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	1,305,106

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Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The following tables present certain information with respect to the Company’s segments.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021						Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
(in thousands)	GLP Capital (1)		TRS Segment (2)		Total		GLP Capital (1)		TRS Segment		Total
Total revenues	$	263,842	$	37,701	$	301,543	$	256,723	$	26,759	$	283,482
Income from operations	190,171		9,930		200,101		183,184		3,166		186,350
Interest expense	65,954		4,459		70,413		69,403		2,601		72,004
Income before income taxes	124,340		5,472		129,812		96,648		565		97,213
Income tax expense	292		2,336		2,628		127		192		319
Net income	124,048		3,136		127,184		96,521		373		96,894
Depreciation	56,861		1,840		58,701		54,776		1,787		56,563
Capital project expenditures	—		606		606		—		—		—
Capital maintenance expenditures	21		417		438		88		558		646

(1)              Interest expense is net of intercompany interest eliminations of $4.5 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information and Noncash Activities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Additional Cash Flow Elements and Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$	24	$	—
Cash paid for interest	$	58,645	$	52,339

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Business and Operations (Details) ft² in Millions							1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 18, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 15, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 15, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2018 USD ($) renewaloption	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) property renewaloption state	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) ft²
Business and Operations
Number of facilities whose real estate property is Included in entity portfolio | property								48
Number of real estate properties | property								45
Number of states across which the portfolio of properties is diversified | state								16
Real estate, occupancy percentage								100.00%
Area of real estate property | ft²										24.3
Total cash rental income								$ 259,853,000
Payment for real property								$ 606,000		$ 0
Rental income										$ 249,407,000
Amended Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)								10 years
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)								5 years
Number of real estate properties | property								12
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted								2 years
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase								4.00%
Annual rent escalator, percentage								2.00%
Boyd Gaming Corporation Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)								10 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options | renewaloption								5
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)								5 years
Number of real estate properties | property								3
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted								2 years
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase								4.00%
Annual rent escalator, percentage								2.00%
Penn National Gaming, Inc. Meadows Lease
Business and Operations
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)								10 years
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted								2 years
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase								4.00%
Annual rent escalator, percentage								5.00%
Annual rent escalator coverage ratio threshold								5.00%
Period existing upon triggering annual rent escalator								10 years
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator								$ 31,000,000
Percentage to which rent escalation will be reduced upon certain threshold								2.00%
Caesars Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)						15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options | renewaloption						4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)						5 years
Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)			20 years			15 years
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)			20 years
Number of real estate properties | property								6
Rent escalator, year 5 and 6			1.25%
Rent escalator, year 7 and 8			1.75%
Rent escalator after year 9			2.00%
Noncash gain									$ (41,400,000)
Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease | Land
Business and Operations
Total cash rental income	$ 23,700,000		$ 23,600,000
Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease | Building
Business and Operations
Total cash rental income	62,500,000		$ 62,100,000
Lumière Place Lease
Business and Operations
Operating leases, number of renewal options | renewaloption						4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)						5 years
Annual rent escalator, percentage								2.00%
Morgantown Lease
Business and Operations
Annual rent escalator, percentage								1.50%
Asset Acquisition, Rent Credits Transferred									$ 30,000,000.0
Rental income		$ 3,000,000.0
Morgantown Lease | Lease Covenant One
Business and Operations
Operating lease covenant, CPI increase		0.50%
Operating lease covenant, rent increase		1.25%
Morgantown Lease | Lease Covenant Two
Business and Operations
Operating lease covenant, CPI increase		0.50%
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
Business and Operations
Consideration paid for acquisition of real estate assets							$ 4,800,000,000
Plainridge Park Casino
Business and Operations
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs					$ 250,000,000.0
Tropicana Entertainment Inc.
Business and Operations
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs						$ 964,000,000.0
Payment for real property	$ 5,700,000
Asset Acquisition, Rent Credits Transferred				$ 307,500,000
Eldorado Resorts, Inc.
Business and Operations
Number of facilities whose real estate property is Included in entity portfolio | property								7
Boyd Gaming Corporation
Business and Operations
Number of facilities whose real estate property is Included in entity portfolio | property								4
Penn National Gaming Inc
Business and Operations
Number of real estate properties | property								33
Eldorado Resorts, Inc.
Business and Operations
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs						$ 246,000,000.0
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage						9.09%		9.27%
Boyd Gaming Corporation | Real Estate Loan
Business and Operations
Payment to acquire finance receivables					$ 57,700,000

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New Accounting Pronouncements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]
Operating lease right-of-use assets	$ 765,932	$ 769,197
Lease liabilities	$ 151,904	$ 152,203

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Real Estate Investments (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Real estate investments
Number of real estate properties | property	45
Total real estate investments	$ 8,698,098	$ 8,698,098
Less accumulated depreciation	(1,467,329)	(1,410,940)
Real estate investments, net	7,230,769	7,287,158
Land and improvements
Real estate investments
Total real estate investments	2,667,616	2,667,616
Building and improvements
Real estate investments
Total real estate investments	$ 6,030,482	$ 6,030,482

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Property and Equipment Used in Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property and equipment	$ 177,768	$ 177,114
Less accumulated depreciation	(97,849)	(96,496)
Property and equipment, net	79,919	80,618
Land and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property and equipment	30,566	30,540
Building and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property and equipment	117,333	117,333
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property and equipment	28,789	28,767
Construction in progress
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property and equipment	$ 1,080	$ 474

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Receivables Receivables (Mortgage Loans Receivable) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 15, 2018	Oct. 01, 2018	Mar. 31, 2021
Eldorado Resorts, Inc.
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs		$ 246.0
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		9.09%	9.27%
Real Estate Loan | Boyd Gaming Corporation
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payment to acquire finance receivables	$ 57.7

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Receivables (Loan Receivable) (Details) - Casino Queen Lease	Mar. 31, 2021 property	Nov. 25, 2020 renewaloption
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	15 years	15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options	4	4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)	5 years

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Assets Held for Sale (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 25, 2020 USD ($) renewaloption	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 11, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Depreciation expense		$ 97,849	$ 96,496
Tropicana Las Vegas
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Depreciation expense		$ 900			$ 900
Casino Queen Lease
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Consideration	$ 28,200
Annual rent retained	$ 21,400
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	15 years	15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options	4	4
Operating lease renewal term	5 years
Yield	8.25%
Hollywood Casino Perryville, MD
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Consideration				$ 31,100
Annual rent retained				$ 7,770

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Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Assets Held for Sale (Details) - Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Assets
Property and equipment, used in operations, net	$ 9,153
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	126
Cash and cash equivalents	30,626
Prepaid expenses	2,797
Goodwill	16,067
Other intangible assets	9,577
Other assets	2,111
Total	70,457
Other Liabilities
Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts payable	87
Accrued expenses	3,830
Accrued salaries and wages	1,931
Gaming, property and other taxes	582
Lease liabilities	125
Other liabilities	804
Liabilities	$ 7,359

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities (Lease Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	$ 765,932	$ 769,197
Assets Held For Sale
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	100	300
Right-of use assets - operating leases (1)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	150,917	151,339
Land rights, net
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets and land rights, net	$ 615,015	$ 617,858

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease LIabilities (Land Rights) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Land rights, net		$ 769,197
Minimum | Land rights, net
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, land rights, remaining amortization period	10 years
Maximum | Land rights, net
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, land rights, remaining amortization period	92 years
Land rights, net
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Land rights	$ 667,751	667,751
Less accumulated amortization	(52,736)	(49,893)
Land rights, net	615,015	$ 617,858
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Maturity Schedule [Abstract]
2019	8,529
2020	11,372
2021	11,372
2022	11,372
2023	11,372
Thereafter	$ 560,998

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities (Lease Maturity Schedule) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payment, Due [Abstract]
2019	$ 8,310
2020	11,082
2021	11,081
2022	11,034
2023	10,984
Thereafter	569,957
Total lease payments	622,448
Less: interest	(470,544)
Present value of lease liabilities	$ 151,904	$ 152,203

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities (Components of Lease Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease cost	$ 2,928	$ 3,695
Variable lease cost	1,010	1,462
Short-term lease cost	327	227
Total lease cost	7,108	8,404
Land rights, net
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Amortization of land rights	$ 2,843	$ 3,020

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities (Supplemental Balance Sheet Information) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2021
Leases [Abstract]
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases	56 years 2 months 23 days
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases	6.73%

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Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities Lease Assets and Lease Liabilities (Supplemental Cash Flow Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Operating cash flows from operating leases (1) (2)	$ 404	$ 488
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$ 0	$ 185

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Long-term Debt (Schedule of Debt) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Aug. 18, 2020	Jun. 25, 2020
Long-term debt
Finance lease liability	$ 827,000
Capital lease obligations		$ 860,000
Total long-term debt	5,799,846,000	5,799,879,000
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	(42,721,000)	(45,190,000)
Total long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts	5,757,125,000	5,754,689,000
Unsecured $1,175 million revolver
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	0	0
$500 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due November 2023
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	500,000,000	500,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.375%	5.375%
$400 million 3.35% senior unsecured notes due September 2024
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 400,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 400,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	3.35%	3.35%
$850 million 5.25% senior unsecured notes due June 2025
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 850,000,000	$ 850,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 850,000,000	$ 850,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.25%	5.25%
$975 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due April 2026
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 975,000,000	$ 975,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 975,000,000	$ 975,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.375%	5.375%
$500 million 5.75% senior unsecured notes due June 2028
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.75%	5.75%
$750 million 5.30% senior unsecured notes due January 2029
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 750,000,000	$ 750,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 750,000,000	$ 750,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.30%	5.30%
$700 million 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2030
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 700,000,000	$ 700,000,000
Face amount of debt	$ 700,000,000	$ 700,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Term Loan A - 2 Facility
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 424,019,000	$ 424,019,000
Senior Unsecured Notes 4.00 Percent Due 2031
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	700,000,000	700,000,000
Face amount of debt			$ 200,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Unsecured $1,175 million revolver
Long-term debt
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,175,000,000	$ 1,175,000,000

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Long-term Debt (Maturities of Long-Term Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Future minimum repayments of long-term debt
Within one year	$ 137
2-3 years	924,313
4-5 years	1,250,324
Over 5 years	3,625,072
Total minimum payments	$ 5,799,846	$ 5,799,879

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Long-term Debt - Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Aug. 18, 2020	Jun. 25, 2020
Long-term debt
Letters of credit outstanding, amount	$ 400,000
Available borrowing capacity	1,174,600,000
Senior Unsecured Notes 4.00 Percent Due 2031
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	700,000,000	$ 700,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 200,000,000	$ 500,000,000
$700 million 4.00% senior unsecured notes due January 2030
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	700,000,000	700,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 700,000,000	$ 700,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Senior unsecured credit facility
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 424,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility
Long-term debt
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	1,175,000,000	$ 1,175,000,000
Unsecured term loan A-1
Long-term debt
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	449,000,000
Outstanding balance on credit facility	224,000,000
Incremental Term Loan A - 2 Facility
Long-term debt
Outstanding balance on credit facility	$ 200,000,000

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Long-term Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Aug. 18, 2020	Jun. 25, 2020
Long-term debt
Losses on debt extinguishment	$ 0		$ 17,329,000
Senior unsecured notes 3.350 percent due 2024
Long-term debt
Face amount of debt	400,000,000			$ 400,000,000
Long-term debt, gross	$ 400,000,000			$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	3.35%			3.35%
Senior unsecured notes 4.000 percent due 2030
Long-term debt
Face amount of debt	$ 700,000,000			$ 700,000,000
Long-term debt, gross	$ 700,000,000			$ 700,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.00%			4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Senior unsecured notes 4.875 percent due 2020
Long-term debt
Repayments of Debt		$ 215,200,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		4.875%
Senior notes
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross	$ 5,375,000,000.0
Senior Unsecured Notes 4.375 Percent Due 2021 [Member]
Long-term debt
Losses on debt extinguishment		$ 17,300,000
Repayments of Debt		$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		4.375%

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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Fair Value of Financial Assets and LIabilities (Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Carrying Amount
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 520,740	$ 486,451
Deferred compensation plan assets	31,005	35,514
Long-term debt:
Senior unsecured credit facility	424,019	424,019
Senior unsecured notes	5,375,000	5,375,000
Fair Value
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	520,740	486,451
Deferred compensation plan assets	31,005	35,514
Long-term debt:
Senior unsecured credit facility	424,019	424,019
Senior unsecured notes	$ 5,903,868	$ 6,026,840

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Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) property renewaloption mi	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 25, 2020 renewaloption	Jun. 15, 2020	Oct. 01, 2018
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	45
Number of miles | mi	60
Interest income from mortgaged real estate | $	$ 0	$ 7,316,000
Penn National Gaming Inc. Master Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	19
Annual rent escalator, percentage	2.00%
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase	4.00%
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted	5 years
Penn National Gaming Inc. Master Lease | All Properties Under the Penn Master Lease Except Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Lessor leasing arrangements period used in calculation of average net revenues	5 years
Penn National Gaming Inc. Master Lease | Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Percentage of the change in net revenues of Ohio facilities under the Master Lease during the preceding month used for adjustment in rent structure	20.00%
Amended Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Master Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	12
Term of contract including all reasonably assured renewal periods (in years)	10 years
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	10 years
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)	5 years
Annual rent escalator, percentage	2.00%
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase	4.00%
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted	2 years
Lessor leasing arrangements period used in calculation of average net revenues	2 years
Amended and Restated Caesars Master Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	6
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)				20 years	15 years
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)				20 years
Boyd Gaming Corporation Master Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	3
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	10 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options | renewaloption	5
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)	5 years
Annual rent escalator, percentage	2.00%
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase	4.00%
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted	2 years
Lessor leasing arrangements period used in calculation of average net revenues	2 years
Belterra Park Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Annual rent escalator, percentage	2.00%
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase	4.00%
Lessor leasing arrangements period used in calculation of average net revenues	2 years
Penn National Gaming, Inc. Meadows Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Term of contract including all reasonably assured renewal periods (in years)	10 years
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	10 years
Annual rent escalator, percentage	5.00%
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase	4.00%
Annual rent escalator coverage ratio threshold	5.00%
Period existing upon triggering annual rent escalator	10 years
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator | $	$ 31,000,000
Percentage to which rent escalation will be reduced upon certain threshold	2.00%
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted	2 years
Casino Queen Lease
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Term of contract including all reasonably assured renewal periods (in years)	35 years
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	15 years		15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options	4		4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)	5 years
Annual rent escalator, percentage	2.00%
Operating leases, percent of the average net revenues of property(s) used to calculate rent increase	4.00%
Frequency property performance-based rent structure is adjusted	5 years
Lessor leasing arrangements period used in calculation of average net revenues	5 years

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Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Rental Income Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Total cash rental income	$ 259,853
Straight-line rent adjustments	828	$ (8,644)
Ground rent in revenue	3,111
Other rental revenue	50
Total rental income	263,842
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable	123,562
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, Net	332,233
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable	17,061,899
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized	17,517,694
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable, Thereafter	78,558
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, Thereafter	12,488,695
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized, in Five Years	969,791
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable, In Five Years	9,486
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, in Five Years	28,927
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Five Years	931,378
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized, Thereafter	12,784,915
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, Thereafter	217,662
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized, in Four Years	969,550
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable, In Four Years	9,480
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, in Four Years	30,053
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Four Years	930,017
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized, in Three Years	1,002,733
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable, In Three Years	9,473
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, in Three Years	30,927
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Three Years	962,333
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized, in Two Years	1,019,433
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable, In Two Years	9,468
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, in Two Years	22,180
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Two Years	987,785
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Base Ground Payments Receivable, Current	7,097
Straight Line Rent Adjustments, Current	2,484
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, Current	761,691
Operating Leases, Future Income to Be Recognized, Current	771,272
Base rent income | Building
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Total cash rental income	172,449
Base rent income | Land
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Total cash rental income	51,408
Variable rent income
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Total cash rental income	$ 35,996

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Earnings per Share Earnings per Share (Weighted Average Shares Outstanding) (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Schedule of Basic And Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding [Line Items]
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)	232,775	215,090
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)	233,465	215,449
Restricted stock awards
Schedule of Basic And Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding [Line Items]
Assumed conversion of dilutive securities (in shares)	116	50
Performance-based restricted stock awards
Schedule of Basic And Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding [Line Items]
Assumed conversion of dilutive securities (in shares)	574	309

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Earnings per Share Earnings per Share (EPS Calculations) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Calculation of basic EPS:
Net income	$ 127,184	$ 127,184	$ 96,894	$ 96,894
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	(157)		(144)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$ 127,027		$ 96,750
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)	232,775,000		215,090,000
Basic EPS (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55		$ 0.45
Calculation of diluted EPS:
Net income	$ 127,184	$ 127,184	$ 96,894	$ 96,894
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)	233,465,000		215,449,000
Diluted EPS (in dollars per share)	$ 0.54		$ 0.45
Anti-dilutive securities, options to purchase common stock outstanding (in shares)	228,000

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Shareholders' Equity - Narrative (Details) - At The Market Program - USD ($)	Aug. 14, 2019	Mar. 31, 2021
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate dollar value of shares the company may sell (up to)	$ 600,000,000
Percentage of commission to be paid on gross sales price of shares sold (up to)	2.00%
Percentage of commission to be paid on sales price of borrowed shares of common stock (up to)	2.00%
Dollar value of shares remaining for issuance		$ 599,600,000

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Shareholders' Equity (Dividends) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended
	Feb. 21, 2020	Mar. 22, 2019	Feb. 20, 2019	Mar. 23, 2018	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract]
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65		$ 0.70
Dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)					$ 0.65	$ 0.70
Payments of dividends, common stock		$ 151,308		$ 150,574
Dividends, share-based compensation						$ 200

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Stock Based Compensation Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Restricted stock awards
Stock-based compensation
Total unrecognized compensation cost	$ 6.8
Remaining weighted average vesting period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost	1 year 10 months 24 days
Recognized compensation expense	$ 3.4	$ 1.8
Performance-based restricted stock awards
Stock-based compensation
Total unrecognized compensation cost	$ 18.6
Remaining weighted average vesting period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost	2 years 3 months
Recognized compensation expense	$ 2.4
Period of total shareholder return upon which the percentage of shares vesting at the end of the measurement period will be based	3 years
Period of return of the MSCI US REIT index against which total shareholder return measured	3 years
Percentage of revenues from triple-net leases (at least)	75.00%
End Of Measurement Period Vesting | Performance-based restricted stock awards
Stock-based compensation
Vesting period	3 years

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Stock Based Compensation Stock Based Compensation (Restricted Stock Activity) (Details) - Restricted stock awards	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 shares
Stock-based compensation
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares)	252,560
Granted (in shares)	236,569
Released (in shares)	(200,542)
Canceled (in shares)	(300)
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares)	288,287

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Stock Based Compensation Stock-Based Compensation (Performance-Based Awards) (Details) - Performance-based restricted stock awards	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 shares
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Awards Activity [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares)	1,193,994
Granted (in shares)	478,000
Released (in shares)	(366,888)
Canceled (in shares)	0
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares)	1,305,106

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Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Segment information
Number of reportable segments | segment	2
Total revenues	$ 301,543		$ 283,482
Operating Income (Loss)	200,101		186,350
Interest expense	70,413		72,004
Income before income taxes	129,812		97,213
Income tax expense	2,628		319
Net income	127,184	$ 127,184	96,894	$ 96,894
Depreciation	58,701		56,563
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	606		0
Capital maintenance expenditures	438		646
GLP Capital
Segment information
Total revenues	263,842		256,723
Operating Income (Loss)	190,171		183,184
Interest expense	65,954		69,403
Income before income taxes	124,340		96,648
Income tax expense	292		127
Net income	124,048		96,521
Depreciation	56,861		54,776
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	0		0
Capital maintenance expenditures	21		88
TRS Segment (2)
Segment information
Total revenues	37,701		26,759
Operating Income (Loss)	9,930		3,166
Interest expense	4,459		2,601
Income before income taxes	5,472		565
Income tax expense	2,336		192
Net income	3,136		373
Depreciation	1,840		1,787
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	606		0
Capital maintenance expenditures	417		558
Intersegment Eliminations
Segment information
Interest expense	$ 4,500		$ 2,600

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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information and Noncash Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Additional Cash Flow Elements and Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]
Cash paid for interest	$ 58,645	$ 52,339
Operating lease right-of-use assets	765,932		$ 769,197
Lease liabilities	151,904		$ 152,203
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$ 24	$ 0

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Pending Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions	Oct. 27, 2020 USD ($) renewaloption
Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	100.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 340.0
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs	$ 144.0
Twin River Master Lease
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Number Of Renewal Terms | renewaloption	4
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	15 years
Operating lease renewal term	5 years
Lessor, Operating Lease, Annual Payments to be Received	$ 40.0
Lessor, Operating Lease, Annual Rent Increase	0.02

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 13, 2021	Oct. 27, 2020
Twin River Master Lease
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lessor, Operating Lease, Annual Payments to be Received		$ 40.0
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)		15 years
Twin River Master Lease | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lessor, Operating Lease, Annual Payments to be Received	$ 10.5
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)	50 years
Lessor, Operating Lease, Total Rent to be Received	$ 500.0
Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs		$ 144.0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		$ 340.0
Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs	150.0
Lessor, Operating Lease, Annual Payments to be Received	$ 12.0
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term	7 years
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 150.0

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Label	Element	Value
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	$ 310,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	(95,000)
Dividends	us-gaap_Dividends	151,496,000
Dividends	us-gaap_Dividends	150,796,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	(3,968,000)
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	(8,348,000)
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	310,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	(95,000)
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	3,959,383,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	4,280,723,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	3,951,341,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	(3,971,000)
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	(8,352,000)
Retained Earnings [Member]
Dividends	us-gaap_Dividends	151,496,000
Dividends	us-gaap_Dividends	150,796,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	(1,941,187,000)
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	(1,887,285,000)
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	(1,636,408,000)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	127,184,000
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	96,894,000
Common Stock [Member]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	0
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	0
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	2,328,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	2,147,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	$ 2,151,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued	232,781,653
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued	215,107,229
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued	214,694,165
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	$ 4,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	$ 3,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	329,433
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	405,093
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	7,971