Lessor, operating lease, number of options to extend.

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Lessor operating lease option to extend term.

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Lessor, operating lease, percentage increase, cap.

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Lessor, operating lease percentage of rent annual increase.

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Lessor, operating lease, rent annual increase, term.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Indicates (true false) whether lessor has option to extend operating lease.

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating lease income from lease payments and variable lease payments paid and payable to lessor. Includes, but is not limited to, variable lease payments not included in measurement of lease receivable.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth; includes real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excludes real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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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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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2020 USD ($) Option	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Initial annual rent		$ 562,053	$ 290,453	$ 1,647,865	$ 750,322
BREIT MGP JV [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest	49.90%
MGM Growth Properties LLC [Member] \| BREIT MGP JV [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.10%
MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay [Member] \| BREIT MGP JV [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Aggregate payments to acquire real estate, exclusive of closing costs	$ 4,600,000
Initial annual rent	$ 292,000
Initial term	30 years
Existence of option to extend	true
Number of options to extend \| Option	2
Option to extend, extension term	10 years
Percentage rent will annually escalate	2.00%
Term rent will annually escalate	15 years
Percentage rent will annually escalate, cap	3.00%