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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Adjustment, Quarterly Increase

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Quarterly Increase

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Maximum

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Maximum Share Repurchase Amount

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, Percentage Of Obligations, Limit

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Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Material Judgements, Maximum

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Debt Instrument, Quarterly Repayment, Percent

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Default Share Limit, Minimum Amount

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Number of Shares Entitled to Repurchase, Aggregate Amount

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Subordinated Debt, Advances

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Subordinated Debt, Advances, Interest Rate

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Subordinated Debt, Debt Covenant, Minimum Availability

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs classified as current. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs classified as noncurrent. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of subordinated debt (with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Subordinated debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets.

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Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capitalized financing costs	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,300,000
Capitalized financing costs, other current	900,000	900,000
Capitalized financing costs, other non-current	100,000	400,000
Outstanding under subordinated note		0
Debt outstanding	95,000,000	123,000,000
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchased of Stock	$ 10,000,000.0
Maximum leverage ratio	250.00%
Maximum senior secured leverage ratio	185.00%
Percentage of obligations, limit	50.00%
Debt default, material judgment (in excess of)	$ 5,000,000
Minimum \| Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed charge coverage ratio	125.00%
Reduced fixed charge coverage ratio	110.00%
Class A Common Stock \| Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount entitled to repurchase of Class A common stock (in shares)	10,000,000
Series A Preferred Stock \| Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, amount authorized	$ 92,700,000.0
Common Class A and Common Class B \| Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Default share limit, minimum amount (in shares)	13,600,000
Senior Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 35,200,000	37,400,000
Debt outstanding	95,000,000	$ 123,000,000
Subordinated Debt \| Retailco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Subordinated debt			$ 25,000,000
Subordinated debt, advances, no less than	$ 1,000,000.0
Subordinated debt, interest rate on advances	5.00%
Minimum availability under the borrowing base	$ 5,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	217,500,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Working Capital Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding under credit facility	$ 0
Debt instrument, annual repayment	25.00%
Debt instrument, quarterly repayment	6.25%
Nonutilization fee, percent	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Eurodollar \| Working Capital Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Working Capital Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Federal Funds Rate \| Working Capital Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Federal Funds Rate \| Acquisition Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Reference Eurodollar Rate \| Working Capital Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Reference Eurodollar Rate \| Acquisition Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Eurodollar \| Acquisition Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Base Rate \| Acquisition Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.75%