CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Gaming	$ 520,841	$ 514,347
Food and beverage	31,995	32,030
Lodging	11,247	11,495
Retail, entertainment and other	15,942	14,967
Total revenues	580,025	572,839
Expenses and other costs:
Gaming	267,133	264,885
Food and beverage	29,910	29,167
Lodging	5,608	5,788
Retail, entertainment and other	4,513	5,090
General and administrative	104,862	102,290
Depreciation and amortization	54,096	67,831
Pre-opening, development and other costs	5,329	1,567
Write-downs, reserves and recoveries, net	2,890	3,144
Total expenses and other costs	474,341	479,762
Operating income	105,684	93,077
Interest expense, net	(59,793)	(61,083)
Loss from equity method investment	0	(83)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	45,891	31,911
Income tax expense	(4,998)	(4,832)
Income from continuing operations	40,893	27,079
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	125	217
Net income	41,018	27,296
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	(8)	(10)
Net income attributable to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.	$ 41,026	$ 27,306
Net income per common share—basic
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.67	$ 0.45
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00
Net income per common share—basic (in dollars per share)	0.67	0.45
Net income per common share—diluted
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.65	0.44
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00
Net income per common share—diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.44
Number of shares—basic	61,362	60,508
Number of shares—diluted	63,571	62,396