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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020
OR
o 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 333-220497 (Rangers Sub I, LLC)
Commission File Number 333-39595-01 (FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership)

RANGERS SUB I, LLC
FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland (Rangers Sub I, LLC) 30-1001580
Delaware (FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership)75-2544994
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
c/o RLJ Lodging Trust
3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1000  
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(301) 280-7777
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)  
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of Class Trading Symbol Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Not applicable (1)  
(1) Neither Rangers Sub I, LLC nor FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership has securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Rangers Sub I, LLC (refer to the Note below)                             o Yes  ý No 
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership (refer to the Note below)                     o Yes  ý No 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.
Rangers Sub I, LLC (refer to the Note below)                             ý Yes  o No 
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership (refer to the Note below)                     ý Yes  o No 
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.
Rangers Sub I, LLC (refer to the Note below)                             o Yes  ý No 
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership (refer to the Note below)                     o Yes  ý No 
Note: As voluntary filers not subject to the filing requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have filed all reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) for the preceding 12 months as if they were subject to such filing requirements.


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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 and post such files).  
Rangers Sub I, LLC                                     ý Yes  o No 
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership                                 ý Yes  o No         
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.
Rangers Sub I, LLC:
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer ý Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth companyo
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. o
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership:
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer ý Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth companyo
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. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
Rangers Sub I, LLC                                    o Yes  ý No
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership                                o Yes  ý No 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   
Rangers Sub I, LLC                                    o Yes  ý No 
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership                                o Yes  ý No 
As of February 26, 2021, RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P. owns 100% of the percentage interests of Rangers Sub I, LLC. As of February 26, 2021, FelCor Holdings Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P., owns 99% of the percentage interests of FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership, and Rangers General Partner, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P., owns 1% of the percentage interests of FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership.



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EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
On August 31, 2017 (the "Acquisition Date"), RLJ Lodging Trust ("RLJ"), RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P. ("RLJ LP"), Rangers Sub I, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP ("Rangers"), and Rangers Sub II, LP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP ("Partnership Merger Sub"), consummated the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") dated as of April 23, 2017 with FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated ("FelCor") and FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership ("FelCor LP"), pursuant to which Partnership Merger Sub merged with and into FelCor LP, with FelCor LP surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP (the "Partnership Merger"), and, immediately thereafter, FelCor merged with and into Rangers, with Rangers surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of RLJ LP (the "REIT Merger" and, together with the Partnership Merger, the "Mergers").

Where it is important to distinguish between the entities, we either refer specifically to Rangers, FelCor, as predecessor to Rangers, or FelCor LP. Otherwise, we use the terms "we" or "our" to refer to (i) Rangers and FelCor LP, collectively (including their consolidated subsidiaries) following the Mergers and (ii) FelCor and FelCor LP, collectively (including their consolidated subsidiaries) prior to consummation of the Mergers, unless the content indicates otherwise.

This annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 combines the filings for Rangers and FelCor LP. Rangers indirectly owns a 99% partnership interest in FelCor LP. Through FelCor LP, Rangers owns hotel properties and conducts other business.

We believe combining the periodic reports for Rangers and FelCor LP into a single combined report results in the following benefits:

presents the business as a whole (the same way management views and operates the business);

eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined presentation (a substantial portion of our disclosure applies to both Rangers and FelCor LP); and

saves time and cost by preparing combined reports instead of separate reports.

Rangers consolidates FelCor LP for financial reporting purposes. Rangers has no assets other than its indirect investment in FelCor LP and no liabilities separate from FelCor LP. Therefore, the reported assets and liabilities for Rangers and FelCor LP are substantially identical.

RLJ LP owns 100% of Rangers. Rangers indirectly owns 99% of FelCor LP. A wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP owns the remaining 1% of FelCor LP, which is a noncontrolling interest that is reflected within the equity section of the consolidated balance sheets and in the consolidated statements of equity. Apart from the different equity treatment, the consolidated financial statements for Rangers and FelCor LP are nearly identical, except that net income (loss) attributable to the 1% noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP is deducted from Rangers' net income (loss) in order to arrive at net income (loss) attributable to Rangers.

We present the sections in this report combined unless separate disclosure is required for clarity.

















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SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections, statements relating to our business plans, objectives and expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the use of the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "may," "will," "will continue," "intend," "should," "may" or similar expressions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, beliefs and expectations, such forward-looking statements are not predictions of future events or guarantees of future performance and our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
Currently, one of the most significant factors that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from our forward-looking statements is the continued adverse effect of the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance, the real estate market and the global economy and financial markets. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact us will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence. These future developments may include, among others, the duration of the pandemic and its impact on the demand for travel and on levels of consumer confidence, the actions governments, businesses and individuals take in response to the pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on global and regional economies, travel and economic activity, and the pace of recovery when the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified under the section entitled “Risk Factors” within this Annual Report on Form 10-K as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Additional factors that might cause actual outcomes to differ materially from our forward-looking statements include the following: the current global economic uncertainty, increased direct competition, changes in government regulations or accounting rules, changes in local, national and global real estate conditions, declines in the lodging industry, seasonality of the lodging industry, risks related to natural disasters, such as earthquakes and hurricanes, hostilities, including future terrorist attacks or fear of hostilities that affect travel, our ability to obtain lines of credit or permanent financing on satisfactory terms, changes in interest rates, and inaccuracies of our accounting estimates. A discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" within this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Given these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Except where the context suggests otherwise, we define certain terms in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as follows:
"our company," "we," "us" and "our" refer to Rangers and FelCor LP, collectively (including their consolidated subsidiaries) following the Mergers and to FelCor and FelCor LP, collectively (including their consolidated subsidiaries) prior to consummation of the Mergers, unless the content indicates otherwise;
"our hotel properties" refers to the 28 hotels owned by us as of December 31, 2020;
a "compact full-service hotel" typically refers to any hotel with (1) less than 300 guestrooms and less than 12,000 square feet of meeting space or (2) more than 300 guestrooms where, unlike traditional full-service hotels, the operations focus primarily on the rental of guestrooms such that a significant majority of its total revenue is generated from room rentals rather than other sources, such as food and beverage;
"Average Daily Rate" ("ADR") represents the total hotel room revenues divided by the total number of rooms sold in a given period;
"Occupancy" represents the total number of hotel rooms sold in a given period divided by the total number of rooms available; and
"Revenue Per Available Room" ("RevPAR") is the product of ADR and Occupancy.
For a more in depth discussion of ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR, please refer to the "Key Indicators of Operating Performance" section.
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Item 1.    Business
Our Company
Rangers is a Maryland limited liability company that, through FelCor LP, owns hotel properties and conducts other business. Substantially all of Rangers' assets and liabilities are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, FelCor LP. 100% of the ownership interests of Rangers are held by RLJ LP, which is the operating partnership of RLJ, one of the largest U.S. publicly traded lodging real estate investment trusts ("REIT") in terms of both number of hotels and number of rooms. Rangers indirectly owns a 99% partnership interest in FelCor LP. Rangers General Partner, LLC ("Rangers GP"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP, owns the remaining 1% partnership interest and is the sole general partner of FelCor LP.

Our hotels are concentrated in markets that we believe exhibit multiple demand generators and attractive long-term growth prospects. We believe premium-branded, compact full-service hotels with these characteristics generate high levels of RevPAR, strong operating margins and attractive returns.

As of December 31, 2020, we owned 28 hotel properties with approximately 8,100 rooms, located in 13 states. We owned, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, a 100% interest in 25 of our hotel properties, a 95% controlling interest in The Knickerbocker, and 50% interests in entities owning two hotel properties. We consolidate our real estate interests in the 26 hotel properties in which we hold a controlling financial interest, and we record the real estate interests in the two hotel properties in which we hold an indirect 50% interest using the equity method of accounting. We lease 27 of the 28 hotel properties to subsidiaries of RLJ LP.

COVID-19

The global outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the public health measures that have been undertaken in response have had, and will likely continue to have, a material adverse impact on the global economy and all aspects of our business.

Significant events affecting travel, including the COVID-19 pandemic, typically have an impact on booking patterns, with the full extent of the impact generally determined by the duration of the event and its impact on travel decisions. Our hotel property-owning subsidiaries (the “Lessors”) lease our hotel properties to property-operating lessees owned by TRS subsidiaries of RLJ (the “Lessees”). We receive related party lease revenue from these lease agreements, including percentage rent. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including related government restrictions, border closings, quarantining, “shelter-in-place” orders and “social distancing,” have significantly limited non-essential travel and also resulted in increased national unemployment and possible lasting changes in consumer behavior that will create headwinds for our hotel properties even after government restrictions are lifted. In addition, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted base rent abatements for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. Given the current economic environment, we are continuing to evaluate whether future lease abatements may be granted. Since we cannot estimate when the COVID-19 pandemic and the responsive measures to combat it will end, we cannot estimate the ultimate operational and financial impact of COVID-19 on our business.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly and negatively impacted our revenue during the year ended December 31, 2020. Given that the majority of expenses associated with our business relate to depreciation, insurance, property taxes and interest, we are very limited in our ability to reduce our expenses. Combined with macroeconomic trends such as the current economic recession, reduced consumer spending, including on travel, and increased unemployment, we are led to believe that the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations will continue to have a material adverse impact on our financial results and liquidity, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the containment of such outbreak and vaccination distribution.

The Lodging Industry

The lodging industry in the United States consists of public and private entities that operate in an extremely diversified market under a variety of brand names. The key participants in the lodging industry are as follows:
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Owners own the hotel property and typically enter into a management agreement with an independent third party to manage the hotel property. The hotel properties may be branded and operated under the manager’s brand or branded under a separate franchise agreement.
Franchisors own a brand or brands and provide the franchised hotels with brand recognition, marketing support and worldwide reservation systems.
Managers responsible for the day-to-day operation of the hotel property, including the employment of the hotel staff, the determination of room rates, the development of sales and marketing plans, the preparation of operating and capital expenditure budgets and the preparation of financial reports for the owner.

Our Investment and Business Strategies

Both Rangers and FelCor LP are wholly-owned subsidiaries of RLJ LP, therefore, Rangers and FelCor LP carry out RLJ's investment and business strategies, which are noted below.

RLJ's objective is to generate strong returns for its shareholders by acquiring and owning primarily premium-branded, focused-service and compact full-service hotels at prices where it believes it can generate attractive returns on investment and long-term value appreciation through proactive asset management. RLJ also intends to selectively dispose of hotel properties when it believes the returns have been maximized or the hotel properties no longer meet its strategy in order to have investment capacity for other opportunities, which may include acquisitions. RLJ intends to pursue this objective through the following investment and business strategies:

Investment Strategies
Targeted ownership of premium-branded, focused-service and compact full-service hotels.  RLJ believes that premium-branded, focused-service and compact full-service hotels have the potential to generate attractive returns relative to other types of hotels due to their ability to achieve RevPAR levels at or close to those generated by traditional full-service hotels, while achieving higher profit margins due to their more efficient operating model and less volatile cash flows.
Use of premium hotel brands.  RLJ believes in affiliating its hotels with premium brands owned by leading international franchisors such as Hilton, Wyndham and Marriott. RLJ believes that utilizing premium brands provides significant advantages because of their guest loyalty programs, worldwide reservation systems, effective product segmentation, global distribution and strong customer awareness.
Focus on high-growth markets.  RLJ focuses on owning and acquiring hotel properties in markets that it believes exhibit multiple demand generators and attractive long-term growth prospects. As a result, RLJ believes that these hotel properties generate higher returns on investment.

Business Strategies
Maximize returns from our hotel properties.  RLJ believes that its hotel properties have the potential to generate improvements in RevPAR and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") as a result of its proactive asset management and the anticipated long-term recovery of the United States economy. RLJ actively monitors and advises its third-party management companies on most aspects of its hotels' operations, including property positioning, physical design, capital planning and investment, guest experience and overall strategic direction. RLJ regularly reviews opportunities to further invest in its hotel properties in an effort to enhance quality and attractiveness, increase long-term value and generate attractive returns on investment.
Pursue a disciplined hotel acquisition strategy.  RLJ seeks to acquire additional hotel properties at prices below replacement cost where it believes it can generate attractive returns on investment. RLJ intends to target acquisition opportunities where it can enhance value by pursuing proactive investment strategies such as renovation, repositioning or rebranding.
Pursue a disciplined capital recycling program.  RLJ intends to continue to pursue a disciplined capital allocation strategy designed to maximize the return on its investments by selectively selling hotel properties that are no longer consistent with its investment strategy or whose returns appear to have been maximized. To the extent that RLJ sells its hotel properties, RLJ intends to redeploy the capital into other investment opportunities, including without limitation, acquisitions, brand conversions, green initiatives and space configuration opportunities.

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Continue to improve its balance sheet. RLJ intends to continue to maintain a flexible capital structure that allows it to execute its strategy. RLJ believes that a strong balance sheet is a key competitive advantage that affords it a lower cost of capital and positions it for growth. RLJ structures its debt profile to maintain financial flexibility and a balanced maturity schedule with access to different forms of financing.

Our Hotels

Our hotel properties operate under strong, premium brands, with approximately 93% of our hotel properties operating under existing relationships with Hilton, Wyndham or Marriott. The following table sets forth the brand affiliations of our hotel properties as of December 31, 2020:
Brand AffiliationsNumber of hotelsPercentage of total hotelsNumber of roomsPercentage of total rooms
Hilton  
Embassy Suites15 53.6 %4,298 52.8 %
DoubleTree7.1 %417 5.1 %
Subtotal17 60.7 %4,715 57.9 %
Marriott    
Marriott3.6 %401 4.9 %
Subtotal3.6 %401 4.9 %
Wyndham    
Wyndham28.6 %2,528 31.0 %
Subtotal28.6 %2,528 31.0 %
Other Brand Affiliation7.1 %501 6.2 %
Total28 100.0 %8,145 100.0 %

Asset Management

RLJ has a dedicated team of asset management professionals that proactively work with the third-party management companies to maximize profitability at each of our hotels. The asset management team monitors the performance of our hotels on a daily basis and holds frequent ownership meetings with corporate operations executives and key personnel at the hotels. The asset management team works closely with the third-party management companies on key aspects of each hotel's operation, including, among others, revenue management, market positioning, cost structure, capital and operational budgeting, as well as the identification and evaluation of return on investment initiatives and overall business strategy. In addition, RLJ retains approval rights on key staffing positions at many of our hotels, such as the hotel's general manager and director of sales. We believe that the strong asset management process helps to ensure that each hotel is being operated to our and the franchisors' standards, that our hotel properties are being adequately maintained in order to preserve the value of the asset and to ensure the safety of our customers, and that the management companies are maximizing revenues, profits and operating margins.

Competition

The U.S. lodging industry is highly competitive. Our hotel properties compete with other participants in the lodging industry for guests in each of their markets on the basis of several factors, including, among others, location, quality of accommodations, convenience, brand affiliation, room rates, service levels, amenities and the availability of lodging and event space. Competition is often specific to the individual markets in which our hotel properties are located and includes competition from existing and new hotels in the compact full-service hotel segment and non-traditional accommodations for travelers, such as online services that market homes and condominiums as an alternative to hotel rooms. We believe that hotels, such as our hotels, that are affiliated with leading national brands, such as the Hilton, Wyndham and Marriott brands, will enjoy competitive advantages associated with operating under such brands.

Seasonality

The lodging industry is seasonal in nature, which can cause quarterly fluctuations in our revenues. For example, our hotels in Pennsylvania experience lower revenues and profits during the winter months of December through March, while our hotels in Florida generally have higher revenues in the months of January through April. This seasonality can be expected to cause periodic fluctuations in a hotel's room revenues, occupancy levels, room rates, operating expenses and cash flows.
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Our Financing Strategy

We carry out RLJ's financing strategy, which is to finance its long-term growth over time with equity issuances and debt financing with staggered maturities. RLJ's strategy with respect to its debt profile is to primarily have unsecured debt and a greater percentage of fixed rate and hedged floating rate debt as compared to unhedged floating rate debt. Our debt is currently comprised of unsecured senior notes and mortgage loans secured by certain of our hotel properties. We have a mix of fixed and floating rate debt; however, the majority of our debt bears interest at fixed rates.

Organizational Structure

RLJ is a Maryland real estate investment trust that conducts its business through a traditional umbrella partnership real estate investment trust ("UPREIT") in which its hotel properties are indirectly owned by RLJ LP, through limited partnerships, limited liability companies or other subsidiaries. RLJ is the sole general partner of RLJ LP and, as of December 31, 2020, RLJ owned 99.5% of the OP units in RLJ LP.

Rangers was formed as a Maryland corporation in April 2017 and FelCor LP was formed as a Delaware limited partnership in May 1994. RLJ LP owns 100% of Rangers. Rangers indirectly owns a 99% partnership interest in FelCor LP. A wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP owns the remaining 1% of FelCor LP. Through FelCor LP, Rangers owns hotel properties and conducts other business.

Regulation

General

Our hotel properties are subject to various U.S. federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, including regulations relating to common areas and fire and life safety requirements. We believe that each of our hotel properties has the necessary permits and approvals to operate its business.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Our hotel properties must comply with the applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Accessibility Guidelines promulgated thereunder (the "ADA"), to the extent that such hotels are "public accommodations" as defined by the ADA. The ADA may require the removal of structural barriers to access by persons with disabilities in certain public areas of our hotels where such removal is readily achievable. We believe that our hotel properties are in substantial compliance with the ADA and that we will not be required to make substantial capital expenditures to address the requirements of the ADA. However, non-compliance with the ADA could result in imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants. The obligation to make readily achievable accommodations is an ongoing one, and we will continue to assess our hotels and to make alterations as appropriate in this respect.

Environmental Matters

Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, a current or previous owner or operator (including tenants) of real estate may be subject to liability related to contamination resulting from the presence or discharge of hazardous or toxic substances at that property and may be required to investigate and clean up such contamination at that property or emanating from that property. These costs could be substantial and liability under these laws may attach without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of the contaminants, and the liability may be joint and several. The presence of contamination or the failure to remediate contamination at our hotels may expose us to third-party liability for cleanup costs, property damage or bodily injury, natural resource damages and costs or expenses related to liens or property use restrictions and materially and adversely affect our ability to sell, lease or develop the real estate or to incur debt using the real estate as collateral.

Our hotel properties are subject to various federal, state, and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. Our hotel properties incur costs to comply with these laws and regulations and could be subject to fines and penalties for non-compliance. The costs of complying with environmental, health and safety laws could increase as new laws are enacted and existing laws are modified.

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Some of our hotel properties contain asbestos-containing building materials. We believe that the asbestos is appropriately contained in accordance with current environmental regulations and that we have no need for any immediate remediation or current plans to remove the asbestos.

We believe that our hotel properties are in compliance, in all material respects, with all federal, state and local environmental ordinances and regulations regarding hazardous or toxic substances and other environmental matters, the violation of which could have a material adverse effect on us. Although we have not received written notice from any governmental authority of any material noncompliance, liability or claim relating to hazardous or toxic substances or other environmental matters in connection with any of our present properties, we can offer no assurance that a material environmental claim will not be asserted against us in the future.

Insurance

RLJ carries comprehensive general liability, fire, extended coverage, business interruption, rental loss of income coverage and umbrella liability coverage on all of our hotels, including earthquake, wind, flood and hurricane coverage on hotels in areas where RLJ believes such coverages are warranted, in each case with limits of liability that RLJ deems adequate. Similarly, RLJ is insured against the risk of direct physical damage in amounts it believes to be adequate to reimburse itself, on a replacement cost basis, for the costs incurred to repair or rebuild each hotel, including loss of income during the reconstruction period. RLJ has selected policy specifications and insured limits which it believes to be appropriate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice. RLJ does not carry insurance for generally uninsurable risks, including, but not limited to, losses caused by communicable or infectious diseases, war or governmental actions such as government seizures of property. In the opinion of RLJ's management, our hotels are adequately insured.

Human Capital

Rangers and FelCor LP do not have any employees. As of December 31, 2020, RLJ LP had 77 employees. RLJ strives to maintain a workplace that is free from discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification or any other status protected by applicable laws. RLJ conducts annual trainings to prevent discrimination and harassment and monitor employee conduct year-round.

RLJ's key human capital management objectives are to attract, recruit, hire, develop and promote a deep and diverse bench of talent that translates into a strong and successful workforce. To support these objectives, RLJ's human resources programs are designed to develop talent to prepare them for critical roles and leadership positions for the future; reward and support employees through competitive pay and benefit programs; enhance RLJ's culture through efforts to foster, promote, and preserve a culture of diversity and inclusion; and evolve and invest in technology, tools, and resources to enable employees at work.

Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG")

We set ESG objectives to integrate sustainability across our portfolio. We intend to enhance strategic decision making by identifying and addressing material risks and opportunities that mitigate long-term environmental damage to our hotel properties. We seek to minimize our business impacts by implementing relevant practices that build the resilience of our hotels and stakeholders.

Corporate Information

Our principal executive offices are located at 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1000, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, which is RLJ's corporate headquarters. Our telephone number is (301) 280-7777. We do not have our own website, but RLJ's website is located at www.rljlodgingtrust.com. The information that is found on or accessible through RLJ's website is not incorporated into, and does not form a part of, this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other report or document that we file with or furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). We have included RLJ's website address in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as an inactive textual reference and do not intend it to be an active link to RLJ's website.

RLJ does not make available on its website our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. However, upon filing those reports with, or furnishing them to, the SEC, those reports can be viewed on the SEC's website. On RLJ's website, specifically the Corporate Governance page under the Investor Relations section, there are various documents related to RLJ's corporate governance including its: Board Committee Charters; Corporate Governance Guidelines; Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; Complaint Procedures for Financial and Auditing Matters; Declaration of Trust; and Bylaws.
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This Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the SEC are available on the SEC's website, which contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC's website address is www.sec.gov.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors
        
Set forth below are the risks that we believe are material to our stakeholders. You should carefully consider the following risks in evaluating our Company and our business. The occurrence of any of the following risks could materially and adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and our ability to, among other things, satisfy our debt service obligations. Some statements in this report including statements in the following risk factors constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section entitled "Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements" at the beginning of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Risks Related to Our Business and Hotel Properties

The current outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly adversely impacted and disrupted, and is expected to continue to significantly adversely impact and disrupt, our business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows. Further, the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak has caused severe disruptions in the U.S. and global economy and financial markets and could result in the continuation of widespread business continuity issues for an unknown duration.

Since first being reported in December 2019, the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread globally, including to every state in the United States. The outbreak of COVID-19 has had, and another pandemic in the future could similarly have, significant repercussions across regional and global economies and financial markets. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving and many countries, including the United States, have reacted by instituting a wide variety of control measures including states of emergency, mandatory quarantines, implementing "shelter in place" orders, broader closures, and restricting travel and large gatherings. Furthermore, the outbreak has triggered a global economic recession.

COVID-19 has disrupted our business and has had a material adverse effect, and will continue to materially adversely impact and disrupt, our business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows. The effects of the pandemic on the hotel industry are unprecedented. Global demand for lodging has been drastically reduced and occupancy levels have reached historic lows. Our hotel property-owning subsidiaries (the “Lessors”) lease our hotel properties to property-operating lessees owned by TRS subsidiaries of RLJ (the “Lessees”). We receive related party lease revenue from these lease agreements, including percentage rent. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. Since late February 2020, the Lessees have experienced a significant decline in occupancy and RevPAR associated with COVID-19 throughout the portfolio. As of December 31, 2020, three of our 28 hotel properties remained closed. All of our open hotels are currently operating at significantly reduced occupancy levels. In addition, RLJ may need or elect to temporarily suspend the operations at our hotels in the future as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not currently known when the suspended operations at our closed hotels will resume at any level, or if RLJ will need to suspend operations at additional hotels.

Additional factors that would negatively impact our ability to operate successfully during or following the COVID-19 pandemic or another pandemic, or that could otherwise significantly adversely impact and disrupt our business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows, include:

sustained negative consumer or business sentiment, economic metrics or demand for travel, including beyond the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could further adversely impact demand for lodging;

RLJ's ability to reopen our hotels in a timely manner, or at all, and the Lessees' ability to attract customers to our hotels when we are able to reopen;

the scaling back or delay of a significant amount of planned capital expenditures, including planned renovation projects, which could adversely affect the value of our properties;

our increased indebtedness and decreased lease revenues, which could increase our risk of default on our loans;

disruptions in our supply chains, which may impact our hotels that are still operating or have reopened;

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fluctuations in regional and local economies;

the continued service and availability of personnel, including our senior leadership team, and our ability to recruit, attract and retain skilled personnel to the extent our management or personnel are impacted by the outbreak of pandemic or epidemic disease and are not available or allowed to conduct work;

our ability to ensure business continuity in the event our continuity of operations plan is not effective or improperly implemented or deployed during a disruption;

disruptions as a result of corporate employees working remotely, including risk of cybersecurity incidents and disruptions to internal control procedures; and

difficulty accessing debt financing on attractive terms, or at all, and a severe disruption and instability in the global financial markets or deteriorations in credit and financing conditions may affect our ability to meet our liquidity needs by restricting or otherwise limiting our access to capital necessary to fund business operations and affect the availability and terms of future borrowings, renewals or refinancings.

Any of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including those described above, alone or in combination with others, may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

The significance, extent and duration of the impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows remains largely uncertain and dependent on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the continued severity, duration, transmission rate and geographic spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the extent and effectiveness of the containment measures taken, the effectiveness of the distribution and efficacy of vaccines, and the responses of the overall economy, the financial markets and the population, particularly in areas in which we operate, as containment measures are lifted and, in some cases, reinstated. Furthermore, there can be no guarantee that the demand for lodging, and consumer confidence in travel generally, will recover as quickly as other industries after the COVID-19 pandemic has largely subsided. As a result, we cannot provide an estimate of the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business or when, or if, the Lessees will be able to resume normal operations. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to our business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows.

We require a significant amount of cash to service our debt and sustain our operations. Our ability to generate cash
depends on many factors beyond our control, and we may not be able to generate cash required to service our debt.

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations or refinance our debt depends on our future operating and financial performance and capacity to generate cash. Our performance and capacity to generate cash will be affected by our ability to implement our business strategy successfully, but also certain general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors beyond our control, including the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. If we cannot generate sufficient cash to meet our debt service obligations or fund our other business needs, we may, among other things, need to refinance all or a portion of our debt, obtain additional financing, or continue to delay planned capital expenditures. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate sufficient cash through any of the foregoing. If we are unable to refinance any of our debt or obtain additional financing on reasonable terms or at all, we may not be able to satisfy our debt obligations.

We will continue to be significantly influenced by the economies and other conditions in the specific markets in which we operate, particularly in the metropolitan areas where we have high concentrations of hotels.

Our hotels are located in metropolitan and resort areas which may be susceptible to adverse market conditions, including industry downturns, relocation of businesses, localized COVID-19 infection rates and governmental actions to address the pandemic, any oversupply of hotel rooms, political unrest or a reduction in lodging demand. Adverse economic developments in the markets in which we have a concentration of hotels, or in any of the other markets in which we operate, or any increase in hotel supply or decrease in lodging demand resulting from the local, regional or national business or political climate, could materially and adversely affect us.

We are dependent on the performance of the third-party management companies that manage the operations of each of our hotels and we could be materially and adversely affected if such third-party hotel managers do not manage our hotels in our best interests.

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Our hotel properties are operated by third-party hotel managers pursuant to management agreements. There are individual management agreements for all of our hotel properties.

The success of our hotel properties depends largely on RLJ's ability to establish and maintain good relationships with the hotel managers. From time to time, disputes may arise between RLJ and the third-party managers regarding their performance or compliance with the terms of the management agreements, which in turn could adversely affect our results of operations. If RLJ is unable to reach satisfactory results through discussions and negotiations, it may choose to terminate the management agreement, litigate the dispute or submit the matter to third-party dispute resolution, the outcome of which may be unfavorable to us.

In the event that any of the management agreements our hotel properties are subject to are terminated, we can provide no assurances that a replacement manager can be found or that the franchisors will consent to a replacement manager in a timely manner, or at all, or that any replacement manager will be successful in operating our hotels.

We are subject to the risks associated with the employment of hotel personnel, particularly with hotels that employ unionized labor.

The third-party management companies that manage our hotel properties are responsible for hiring and maintaining the labor force at each of our hotels. Although we do not directly employ or manage the employees at our hotels, we still are subject to many of the costs and risks generally associated with the hotel labor force, particularly those hotels with unionized labor. From time to time, the hotel operations may be disrupted as a result of strikes, lockouts, public demonstrations or other negative actions and publicity. The resolution of labor disputes or re-negotiated labor contracts could lead to higher labor costs, either by increases in wages or benefits or by changes in work rules that raise hotel operating costs. We do not have the ability to affect the outcome of these negotiations.

Restrictive covenants in certain of the management and franchise agreements our hotel properties are subject to contain provisions limiting or restricting the sale or financing of our hotels, which could have a material and adverse effect on us.

The management and franchise agreements may contain restrictive covenants that limit or restrict our ability to sell or refinance a hotel without the consent of the management company or franchisor. Some of the franchise agreements our hotel properties are subject to provide the franchisor with a right of first offer in the event of certain sales or transfers of a hotel and provide that the franchisor has the right to approve any change in the management company engaged to manage the hotel. Generally, we may not agree to sell, lease or otherwise transfer particular hotels unless the transferee is not a competitor of the management company or franchisor and the transferee assumes the related management and/or franchise agreements. If the management company or franchisor does not consent to the sale or financing of our hotels, we may still sell the hotels, but there could be adverse consequences.

Substantially all of our hotel properties operate under either Hilton, Wyndham or Marriott brands; therefore, we are subject to the risks associated with concentrating our portfolio in just three brand families.

26 of the 28 hotel properties that we owned as of December 31, 2020 utilize brands owned by Hilton, Wyndham or Marriott. As a result, our success is dependent in part on the continued success of Hilton, Wyndham or Marriott and their respective brands. We believe that building brand value is critical to increasing demand and building customer loyalty. Consequently, if market recognition or the positive perception of Hilton and/or Wyndham and/or Marriott is reduced or compromised, the goodwill associated with the Hilton-, Wyndham- or Marriott-branded hotels in our portfolio may be adversely affected. Furthermore, if our relationship with Hilton, Wyndham or Marriott were to deteriorate or terminate as a result of disputes regarding the management of our hotels or for other reasons, Hilton and/or Wyndham and/or Marriott could, under certain circumstances, terminate the current franchise licenses that our hotel properties are subject to or decline to provide franchise licenses for our hotel properties in the future. If any of the foregoing were to occur, it could have a material adverse effect on us.

Any difficulties in obtaining the capital necessary to make required periodic capital expenditures and to renovate our hotel properties could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Our hotel properties have an ongoing need for renovations and other capital improvements, including the replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment ("FF&E"). Our lenders will also likely require that we set aside annual amounts for capital improvements to our hotel properties. The costs of these capital improvements could materially and adversely affect us. If we are unable to obtain the capital necessary to make the required periodic capital expenditures and to renovate our hotel properties
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on favorable terms, or at all, our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Competition from other lodging industry participants in the markets in which we operate could adversely affect occupancy levels and/or ADRs, which could have a material and adverse effect on us.

We face significant competition from owners and operators of other hotels and other lodging industry participants. In addition, we face competition from non-traditional accommodations for travelers, such as online services that market homes and condominiums as an alternative to hotel rooms. Our competitors may have an operating model that enables them to offer accommodations at lower rates than we can, which could result in our competitors increasing their occupancy at our expense and adversely affecting our ADRs. Given the importance of occupancy and ADR at compact full-service hotels, this competition could adversely affect our ability to attract prospective guests, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

At December 31, 2020, we had approximately $790.9 million of debt outstanding, which could materially and adversely affect our operating performance and put us at a competitive disadvantage.

Required repayments of debt and related interest may materially and adversely affect our operating performance. At December 31, 2020, we had approximately $790.9 million of outstanding debt, of which approximately $181.0 million bears interest at variable rates. In addition, we may incur substantial additional debt, including secured debt, in the future. Increases in interest rates on our existing or future variable rate debt would increase our interest expense, which could adversely affect our cash flows.

Because we anticipate that our operating cash flow will be adequate to repay only a portion of our debt at maturity, we expect that we will be required to repay debt through debt refinancings and/or offerings of our securities. The amount of our outstanding debt may adversely affect our ability to refinance our debt.

If we are unable to refinance our debt on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be forced to dispose of one or more of our hotels on disadvantageous terms, which may result in losses to us. In addition, if the prevailing interest rates or other factors at the time of refinancing result in higher interest rates upon refinancing, our interest expense would increase, which would adversely affect our future operating results and liquidity.

Our outstanding debt, and any additional debt borrowed in the future, may subject us to many risks, including the risk that:
our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to make required payments of principal and interest;
we may be at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt;
we may be vulnerable to economic volatility, particularly if growth were to slow or stall and reduce our flexibility to respond to difficult market, industry, or economic conditions;
the terms of any refinancing may not be in the same amount or on terms as favorable as the terms of the debt being refinanced; and
the use of leverage could adversely affect our ability to borrow more money for operations and capital improvements.

Disruptions in the financial markets could adversely affect our ability to obtain sufficient third-party financing for our capital needs on favorable terms, or at all, which could materially and adversely affect us.

In recent years, the U.S. financial markets experienced significant price volatility, dislocations and liquidity disruptions, which caused stock market prices to fluctuate substantially and the spreads on prospective debt financings to widen considerably. Renewed volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets may negatively impact our ability to access additional financing for our capital needs, including growth, acquisition activities and other business initiatives, on favorable terms or at all, which may negatively affect our business. A prolonged downturn in the financial markets may cause us to seek alternative capital sources of potentially less attractive financing and may require us to further adjust our business plan accordingly. These events also may make it more difficult or costly for us to raise capital through the issuance of new equity or the incurrence of additional secured or unsecured debt, which could materially and adversely affect us.

Replacement of the LIBOR benchmark interest rate could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
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In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), announced that it would phase out LIBOR by the end of 2021. Consequently, at this time, it is not possible to predict whether LIBOR will continue to be viewed as an acceptable market benchmark or what rate or rates may become acceptable alternatives to LIBOR. The transition from LIBOR could create considerable costs and additional risk, which could materially and adversely impact our financial condition or results of operations.

Our existing indebtedness contains covenants and our failure to comply with all covenants in our debt agreements could materially and adversely affect us.

Our existing indebtedness contains customary and financial covenants that may limit our ability to enter into future indebtedness. Our failure to comply with covenants in our existing or future indebtedness, as well as our inability to make required principal and interest payments, could cause a default under the applicable debt agreement, which could result in the acceleration of the debt and require us to repay such debt with capital obtained from other sources, which may not be available to us or may be available only on unattractive terms. Furthermore, if we default on secured debt, lenders can take possession of the hotel(s) securing such debt. In addition, debt agreements may contain specific cross-default provisions with respect to specified other indebtedness, giving the lenders the right to declare a default on its debt and to enforce remedies, including accelerating the maturity of such debt upon the occurrence of a default under such other indebtedness. If we default on our debt agreements, we could be materially and adversely affected.

Joint venture investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on joint venture partners' financial condition and liquidity and disputes between us and our joint venture partners.

We own certain hotel properties and other real estate investments through joint ventures. In the future, we may enter into additional joint ventures to acquire, develop, improve or partially dispose of hotel properties, thereby reducing the amount of capital required by us to make investments and diversifying our capital sources for growth. Such joint venture investments involve risks not otherwise present in a wholly-owned hotel property or a redevelopment project, including the following:
we may not have exclusive control over the hotel property or the joint venture, which may prevent us from taking actions that are in our best interest but opposed by our partners;
joint venture agreements often restrict the transfer of a partner's interest or may otherwise restrict our ability to sell the interest when we desire, or on advantageous terms;
joint venture agreements may contain provisions pursuant to which one partner may initiate procedures requiring the other partner to choose between buying the other partner's interest or selling its interest to that partner;
a partner may, at any time, have economic or business interests or goals that are, or that may become, inconsistent with our business interests or goals;
a partner may fail to fund its share of required capital contributions or may become bankrupt, which would mean that we and any other remaining partners generally would remain liable for the joint venture's liabilities; or
we may, in certain circumstances, be liable for the actions of a partner, and the activities of a partner could adversely affect RLJ's ability to qualify as a REIT, even though we do not control the joint venture.
Any of the above might subject a hotel property to liabilities in excess of those contemplated and adversely affect the value of our current and future joint venture investments.

Risks Related to the Lodging Industry

The cyclical nature of the lodging industry may cause fluctuations in our operating performance, which could have a material and adverse effect on us.

The lodging industry historically has been highly cyclical in nature. Fluctuations in lodging demand and, therefore, operating performance, are caused largely by general economic and local market conditions, which subsequently affect levels of business and leisure travel. In addition to general economic conditions, new hotel room supply is an important factor that can affect the lodging industry's performance, and overbuilding has the potential to further exacerbate the negative impact of an economic recession. Room rates and occupancy, and thus RevPAR, tend to increase when demand growth exceeds supply growth. We can provide no assurances regarding whether, or the extent to which, lodging demand will rebound or whether any
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such rebound will be sustained. An adverse change in lodging fundamentals could result in returns that are substantially below our expectations or result in losses, which could have a material and adverse effect on us.

Our ownership of hotel properties with ground leases exposes us to the risks that we may be forced to sell such hotel properties for a lower price, we may have difficulties financing such hotel properties, we may be unable to renew a ground lease or we may lose such hotel properties upon breach of a ground lease.

As of December 31, 2020, six of our consolidated hotel properties and two of our unconsolidated hotel properties were on land subject to ground leases. Accordingly, we only own a leasehold or similar interest in those eight hotel properties. Our ground lease agreements require the consent of the lessor or sub-lessor prior to transferring our interest in the ground lease. These provisions may impact our ability to sell our hotel properties which, in turn, could adversely impact the price realized from any such sale. In addition, at any given time, investors may be disinterested in buying hotel properties subject to a ground lease and may pay a lower price for such hotel properties than for a comparable hotel property with a fee simple interest or they may not purchase such hotel properties at any price. Secured lenders may be unwilling to lend, or otherwise charge higher interest rates, for loans secured by a leasehold mortgage as compared to loans secured by a fee simple mortgage. If we are found to be in breach of a ground lease, we could lose the right to use the hotel property. In addition, unless we can purchase a fee simple interest in the underlying land and improvements or extend the terms of these leases before their expiration, as to which no assurance can be given, we will lose our right to own these hotel properties and our interest in the improvements upon expiration of the leases. If we were to lose the right to use a hotel property due to a breach or non-renewal of the ground lease, we would be unable to derive income from such hotel property and we would be required to purchase an interest in another hotel property in an attempt to replace that income, which could materially and adversely affect us.

Technology is used in our operations, and any material failure, inadequacy, interruption or security failure of that technology could harm the business.

We, and the hotel managers and franchisors, rely on information technology networks and systems to process, transmit and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes. These information technology networks and systems can be vulnerable to threats such as system, network or internet failures; computer hacking or business disruption; cyber-terrorism; viruses, worms or other malicious software programs; and employee error, negligence or fraud. Although we believe we and the hotel managers and franchisors have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the security of our systems, there can be no assurance that such security measures will prevent failures, inadequacies or interruptions in system services, or that system security will not be breached. Any failure to maintain proper function, security and availability of information technology networks and systems could interrupt our operations, our financial reporting and compliance, damage our reputation, and subject us to liability claims or regulatory penalties, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Future terrorist attacks or changes in terror alert levels could materially and adversely affect us.

Historically, terrorist attacks and subsequent terrorist alerts have adversely affected the U.S. travel and hospitality industries, often disproportionately to the effect on the overall economy. The extent of the impact that actual or threatened terrorist attacks in the U.S. or elsewhere could have on domestic and international travel and our business in particular cannot be determined, but any such attacks or the threat of such attacks could have a material and adverse effect on travel and hotel demand and our ability to insure our hotel properties, which could materially and adversely affect us.

We face possible risks associated with natural disasters, weather events, and the physical effects of climate change.

We are subject to the risks associated with natural disasters, weather events, and the physical effects of climate change, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our properties, operations and business. Over time, our hotel properties located in coastal markets and other areas that may be impacted by climate change are expected to experience increases in storm intensity and rising sea-levels causing damage to our hotel properties. As a result, we could become subject to significant losses and/or repair costs that may or may not be fully covered by insurance. Other markets may experience prolonged variations in temperature or precipitation that may limit access to the water needed to operate our hotel properties or significantly increase energy costs, which may subject those properties to additional regulatory burdens, such as limitations on water usage or stricter energy efficiency standards. Weather events and climate change may also affect our business by increasing the cost of (or making unavailable) property insurance on terms we find acceptable in areas most vulnerable to such events, increasing operating costs at our hotel properties, such as the cost of water or energy, and requiring us to expend funds as we seek to repair and protect our hotel properties against such risks. There can be no assurance that natural disasters, weather events, or climate change will not have a material adverse effect on our hotel properties, operations or business.

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If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results.

To monitor the accuracy and reliability of our financial reporting, we have established an internal audit function that oversees our internal controls. In addition, we have developed policies and procedures with respect to company-wide business processes and cycles in order to implement an effective system of internal control over financial reporting. We have established controls and procedures designed to ensure that hotel revenues and expenses are properly recorded at our hotels. We cannot be certain that we will be successful in maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and we may determine in the future that our existing internal controls need improvement. If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control, we could be materially harmed or we could fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, the existence of a material weakness or significant deficiency in our internal controls could result in errors to our financial statements that could require a restatement, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, result in increased costs to remediate any deficiencies, attract regulatory scrutiny or lawsuits and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information.

Risks Related to the Real Estate Industry

The illiquid nature of real estate investments could significantly impede our ability to respond to changing economic, financial, and investment conditions or changes in the operating performance of our hotel properties, which could materially and adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations.

Real estate investments, including the compact full-service hotels in our portfolio, are relatively illiquid. As a result, we may not be able to sell a hotel or hotels quickly or on favorable terms in response to the changing economic, financial and investment conditions or changes in the hotel's operating performance when it otherwise may be prudent to do so. We cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any hotel property we desire to sell for the price or on the terms set by us or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable to us. We may be required to expend funds to correct defects or to make improvements before a hotel can be sold, and we cannot provide any assurances that we will have the funds available to correct such defects or to make such improvements. Our inability to dispose of assets at opportune times or on favorable terms could materially and adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations.

Uninsured and underinsured losses at our hotel properties could materially and adversely affect us.

We maintain comprehensive property insurance on all of our hotel properties and we intend to maintain comprehensive property insurance on any hotels that we acquire in the future, including fire, terrorism, and extended coverage. Our
comprehensive property insurance program has a $250,000 deductible per claim. In addition to the comprehensive property insurance, we maintain general liability insurance at all of our hotel properties. Our general liability insurance program has no deductible. Certain types of catastrophic losses, such as windstorms, earthquakes, floods, and losses from foreign and domestic terrorist activities may not be insurable or may not be economically insurable. Even when insurable, these policies may have high deductibles and/or high premiums. Our coastal hotel properties each have a deductible of 5% of total insured value for a named storm. Our lenders may require such insurance and our failure to obtain such insurance could constitute a default under the loan agreements, which could have a material and adverse effect on us.

In the event of a substantial loss, our insurance coverage may not be sufficient to cover the full current market value or replacement cost of our lost investment, which could have a material and adverse effect on us. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occur, or should we be unsuccessful in obtaining coverage from an insurance carrier, we could lose all or a portion of the capital we have invested in a hotel property, as well as the anticipated future revenue from the hotel property. In that event, we might nevertheless remain obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the hotel property.

We could incur significant costs related to government regulation and litigation with respect to environmental matters, which could have a material and adverse effect on us.

Our hotel properties are subject to various U.S. federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations that impose liability for contamination. Under these laws, governmental entities have the authority to require us, as the current owner of a hotel property, to perform or pay for the clean-up of contamination at, on, under or emanating from the hotel and to pay for natural resource damages arising from such contamination. Because these laws also impose liability on persons who owned or operated a property at the time it became contaminated, it is possible we could incur cleanup costs or other environmental liabilities even after we sell or no longer operate the hotel properties.

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The liabilities and the costs associated with environmental contamination at our hotel properties, defending against the claims related to alleged or actual environmental issues, or complying with environmental, health and safety laws could be material and could materially and adversely affect us. The discovery of material environmental liabilities at our hotel properties could subject us to unanticipated costs, which could significantly reduce or eliminate our profitability.

We may from time to time be subject to litigation that could expose us to uncertain or uninsured costs.

As owners of hotel properties, we may from time to time face potential claims, litigation and threatened litigation from guests, visitors to our hotel properties, contractors, sub-contractors and others.  These claims and proceedings are inherently uncertain and their costs and outcomes cannot be predicted with certainty. Some of these claims may result in defense costs, settlements, fines or judgments against us, and some of which are not, or cannot be, covered by insurance. Payment of any such costs, settlements, fines or judgments that are not insured could have a material and adverse impact on our financial position and results of operations.  In addition, certain litigation or the resolution of certain litigation may affect the availability or cost of some of our insurance coverage, which could materially and adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows, expose us to increased risks that would be uninsured, and/or adversely impact our ability to attract officers and trustees.

Risks Related to Taxes and the Mergers

We would incur adverse tax consequences if FelCor failed to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes prior to the Mergers.

In connection with the closing of the Mergers, FelCor received an opinion of counsel to the effect that it qualified as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the Code through the time of the Mergers. FelCor, however, did not request a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that it qualified as a REIT. If, notwithstanding this opinion, FelCor’s REIT status prior to the Mergers were successfully challenged, we would face serious tax consequences that would substantially reduce our core funds from operations and cash available for distribution because:
FelCor would be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax on its net income at regular corporate rates for the years that it did not qualify as a REIT (and, for such years, would not be allowed a deduction for dividends paid to shareholders in computing its taxable income) and we would succeed to the liability for such taxes; and
The deemed sale of assets by FelCor in the REIT Merger would be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax at regular corporate rates (and FelCor would not be allowed a deduction for dividends paid for the deemed liquidating distribution paid to its shareholders) and we would succeed to the liability for such taxes.

Item 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 2.    Properties

Our Hotel Properties

The following table provides a comprehensive list of our hotel properties as of December 31, 2020:
StateHotel Property NameRoomsStateHotel Property NameRooms
AlabamaMassachusetts
Embassy Suites Birmingham242Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill304
ArizonaMinnesota
Embassy Suites Phoenix - Biltmore232Embassy Suites Minneapolis - Airport310
CaliforniaNew Jersey
Embassy Suites Los Angeles - International Airport South349Embassy Suites Secaucus - Meadowlands (2)261
Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach - Hotel & Resort250New York
Embassy Suites Milpitas Silicon Valley267The Knickerbocker New York (3)330
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport - South San Francisco316Pennsylvania
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport - Waterfront340Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District364
San Francisco Marriott Union Square401Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center251
Wyndham San Diego Bayside600South Carolina
Wyndham Santa Monica At The Pier132The Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel216
FloridaTexas
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando - Lake Buena Vista229DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Austin188
Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach - Resort & Spa244Embassy Suites Dallas - Love Field248
Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale 17th Street361Wyndham Houston - Medical Center Hotel & Suites287
Embassy Suites Miami - International Airport318
Embassy Suites Orlando - International Drive South/Convention Center244
Georgia
Embassy Suites Atlanta - Buckhead316
Louisiana
Chateau LeMoyne - French Quarter, New Orleans (1)171
Wyndham New Orleans - French Quarter374

(1)We own an indirect 50% ownership interest in this hotel property and we account for the ownership interest using the equity method of accounting.
(2)We own an indirect 50% ownership interest in the real estate at this hotel property, and we record the real estate interest using the equity method of accounting.
(3)We own a 95% controlling ownership interest in this hotel property.

Management Agreements

In order for our parent, RLJ, to qualify as a REIT, it cannot directly or indirectly operate any of its hotel properties. Our hotel property-owning subsidiaries (the “Lessors”) lease our hotel properties to lessees owned by TRS subsidiaries of RLJ LP (the “Lessees”), which in turn engage hotel property management companies to manage our hotel properties. We distributed our equity interests in FelCor TRS to RLJ LP immediately after consummation of the Mergers. As a result of the distribution of our equity interests in FelCor TRS, our consolidated financial statements do not include the financial information related to the Lessees' management agreements. Although the financial information related to the Lessees' management agreements is not included in our consolidated financial statements, the management agreements noted below are still in place at our hotel properties and we are dependent on the performance of the management companies to manage the operations of each of our hotel properties.

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As of December 31, 2020, our 28 hotel properties were managed by six different management companies as follows:
Management CompanyNumber of
Hotel Properties
Aimbridge Hospitality1
Hilton Management and affiliates16
Highgate Hotels1
InterContinental Hotels Group1
Marriott International, Inc.1
Wyndham8
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17 of our hotel properties receive the benefits of a franchise agreement pursuant to management agreements with Hilton, Marriott and InterContinental Hotels Group ("IHG").

The management agreements have initial terms that range from one to 20 years, and some provide for up to two automatic extension periods of five years each. Each management company receives a base management fee between 2.0% and 3.0% of hotel revenues. The management agreements that include the benefits of a franchise agreement incur a base management fee of 3.0% of hotel revenues.

The management companies are also eligible to receive an incentive management fee upon the achievement of certain financial thresholds as set forth in each applicable management agreement. The incentive management fee is generally calculated as a percentage of hotel net operating income after RLJ has received a priority return on its investment in the hotel.

Each of the management agreements provides us with a right to terminate such management agreement if the management company fails to reach certain performance targets (as provided in the applicable management agreement). Certain management agreements also provide us with a right to terminate the management agreement in our sole and absolute discretion. In addition, certain management agreements give us the right to terminate the management agreement upon the sale of the hotel property or for any reason upon payment of a stipulated termination fee. The management agreements are also generally terminable by either party upon material casualty, or condemnation of the hotel property, or the occurrence of certain customary events of default.

Prior to January 1, 2020, the Wyndham management agreements guaranteed minimum levels of annual net operating income at each of the Wyndham-managed hotels. In 2019, RLJ entered into an agreement with Wyndham to terminate the net operating income guarantee, effective December 31, 2019, and received termination payments totaling $36.0 million from Wyndham, of which $35.0 million was received in 2019 and $1.0 million was received in 2020. In addition, RLJ entered into eight separate transitional franchise and management agreements effective January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2020, RLJ exercised its option to extend these agreements through December 31, 2021. The transitional franchise and management fees are 3% and 2%, respectively, of hotel revenues. Effective January 1, 2020, RLJ began recognizing the termination payments over the estimated term of the transitional agreements as a reduction to management and franchise fee expense.

Franchise Agreements

As of December 31, 2020, 10 of our hotels operated under franchise agreements with Wyndham and Embassy Suites. This excludes the 17 hotel properties that receive the benefits of a franchise agreement pursuant to management agreements with Hilton, Marriott and IHG. In addition, The Knickerbocker is not operated with a hotel brand so the hotel does not have a franchise agreement.

We distributed our equity interests in FelCor TRS to RLJ LP immediately after consummation of the Mergers. As a result of the distribution of our equity interests in FelCor TRS, our consolidated financial statements do not include the financial information related to the Lessees' franchise agreements. Although the financial information related to the Lessees' franchise agreements is not included in our consolidated financial statements, the franchise agreements noted below are still in-place at our hotel properties and we are dependent on the franchisors to provide our franchised hotels with brand recognition, marketing supporting and worldwide reservation systems.

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Franchise agreements allow the hotel properties to operate under the respective brands. The franchisors provide a variety of benefits to the franchisees, including centralized reservation systems, national advertising, marketing programs and publicity designed to increase brand awareness, personnel training and operational quality at the hotels across the brand system. The franchise agreements generally specify management, operational, record-keeping, accounting, reporting and marketing standards and procedures, all of which the Lessees, as the franchisees, must follow. The franchise agreements require the Lessees to comply with the franchisors' standards and requirements, including the training of operational personnel, safety, maintaining specified insurance, the types of services and products ancillary to guest room services that may be provided by the Lessees, the display of signage and the type, quality and age of furniture, fixtures and equipment included in the guest rooms and the nature of the lobbies and other common areas. The franchise agreements have initial terms ranging from one to 15 years. Each of our franchise agreements require that we pay a royalty fee between 3.0% and 5.5% of room revenue, plus additional fees for marketing, central reservation systems and other franchisor costs between 3.0% and 4.0% of room revenue.

The franchise agreements also provide for termination at the applicable franchisor's option upon the occurrence of certain events, including the failure to pay royalties and fees, the failure to perform our obligations under the franchise license, bankruptcy and the abandonment of the franchise, or a change in control. The Lessees are responsible for making all payments under the applicable franchise agreement to the franchisor; however, we are required to guarantee the obligations under each of the franchise agreements. In addition, many of our existing franchise agreements provide the franchisor with a right of first offer in the event of certain sales or transfers of a hotel and provide the franchisor the right to approve a change in the management company who manages the hotel.

TRS Leases

In order for our parent, RLJ, to qualify as a REIT, it cannot directly or indirectly operate any of its hotels. The Lessors lease our hotel properties to the Lessees under lease agreements. These lease agreements are known as the "TRS Leases." The Lessees are the parties to the existing management agreements with the third-party management companies at each of our hotel properties. The TRS Leases contain the following provisions:

Lease Terms

The TRS Leases have initial terms that generally range from three to five years and a majority of the leases can be renewed by the Lessees for three successive five-year renewal terms unless the lessee is in default at the expiration of the then-current term. In addition, the TRS Leases are subject to early termination by us in the event that we sell the hotel to an unaffiliated party, a change in control occurs, or the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are amended to permit us to operate our hotels. The TRS Leases are also subject to early termination upon the occurrence of certain events of default and/or other contingencies described in the lease.

Amounts Payable under the Leases

During the term of each TRS Lease, the Lessees are obligated to pay us a fixed annual base rent plus a percentage rent and certain other additional charges that the Lessees agree to pay under the terms of the respective TRS Lease. The percentage rent is calculated based on the revenues generated from the rental of guest rooms, food and beverage sales, and certain other sources, including meeting room rentals.

The TRS Leases require the Lessees to pay rent, all costs and expenses, management fees, franchise fees, certain insurance policies and all utility and other charges incurred in the operation of the hotels. The TRS Leases also provide for rent reductions and abatements in the event of damage to, destruction, or a partial taking of, any hotel.

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we granted base rent abatement concessions to all of the Lessees in each of the quarters ending June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees have received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. Given the current economic environment, we are continuing to evaluate whether future lease abatements may be granted.

We distributed our equity interests in FelCor TRS to RLJ LP immediately after consummation of the Mergers. As a result of the distribution of our equity interests in FelCor TRS, the Lessees' lease payments pursuant to the TRS Leases are no longer eliminated in consolidation. We recognize lease revenue from the Lessees under the TRS Leases.

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Maintenance and Modifications

Under each TRS Lease, the Lessee may, at its expense, make additions, modifications or improvements to the hotel that it deems desirable, and that RLJ approves. In addition, the Lessees are required, at their expense, to maintain the hotels in good order and repair, except for ordinary wear and tear, and to make repairs that may be necessary and appropriate to keep the hotel in good order and repair. Under the TRS Lease, we are responsible for maintaining, at our cost, any underground utilities or structural elements, including the exterior walls and the roof of the hotel (excluding, among other things, windows and mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems). Each Lessee, when and as required to meet the standards of the applicable management agreement, any applicable hotel franchise agreement, or to satisfy the requirements of any lender, must establish an FF&E reserve in an amount equal to up to 5% of gross revenue for the purpose of periodically repairing, replacing or refurbishing the furnishings and equipment.

Events of Default

The events of default under each of the TRS Leases include, among others: the failure by a Lessee to pay rent when due; the breach by a Lessee of a covenant, condition or term under the lease, subject to the applicable cure period; the bankruptcy or insolvency of a Lessee; cessation of operations by a Lessee of the leased hotel for more than 30 days, except as a result of damage, destruction, or a partial or complete condemnation; or the default by a Lessee under a franchise agreement subject to any applicable cure period.

Termination of Leases on Disposition of the Hotels or Change of Control

In the event that RLJ sells a hotel to a non-affiliate or a change of control occurs, we generally have the right to terminate the lease by paying the applicable Lessee a termination fee to be governed by the terms and conditions of the lease.

Ground Leases

As of December 31, 2020, six of our consolidated hotel properties and two of our unconsolidated hotel properties were subject to ground lease agreements that cover the land under the respective hotel properties. During the year ended December 31, 2020, one of the unconsolidated joint ventures did not exercise its right to extend the term of the ground lease. Accordingly, the ground lease will terminate on October 31, 2021 and the property will revert to the ground lessor at that time. Additional information on the ground leases can be found in Note 9 to our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Item 3.    Legal Proceedings
 
The nature of the operations of our hotels exposes our hotel properties, us, and RLJ to the risk of claims and litigation in the normal course of business. Other than routine litigation arising out of the ordinary course of business, we are not presently subject to any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against us.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

100% of the ownership interests of Rangers and FelCor LP are held by RLJ LP (either directly or indirectly). There is no established public trading market for equity of Rangers or FelCor LP.

Distribution Information

Our senior notes indentures limit our ability to pay dividends and make other payments based on our ability to satisfy certain financial requirements. We do not expect to make any dividends or other similar payments.

Item 6.    Selected Financial Data

Intentionally omitted.
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Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the related notes included thereto, and Item 1A., "Risk Factors" all of which appear elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Overview
 
Rangers is a Maryland limited liability company that, through FelCor LP, owns hotel properties and conducts other business. Substantially all of Rangers' assets and liabilities are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, FelCor LP. 100% of the ownership interests of Rangers are held by RLJ LP, which is the operating partnership of RLJ. Rangers indirectly owns a 99% partnership interest in FelCor LP. Rangers GP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP, owns the remaining 1% partnership interest and is the sole general partner of FelCor LP.

Our hotels are concentrated in markets that we believe exhibit multiple demand generators and attractive long-term growth prospects. We believe premium-branded, compact full-service hotels with these characteristics generate high levels of RevPAR, strong operating margins and attractive returns.

COVID-19

The global outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the public health measures that have been undertaken in response have had, and will likely continue to have, a material adverse impact on the global economy and all aspects of our business.

Significant events affecting travel, including the COVID-19 pandemic, typically have an impact on booking patterns, with the full extent of the impact generally determined by the duration of the event and its impact on travel decisions. Our hotel property-owning subsidiaries (the “Lessors”) lease our hotel properties to property-operating lessees owned by TRS subsidiaries of RLJ (the “Lessees”). We receive related party lease revenue from these lease agreements, including percentage rent. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including related government restrictions, border closings, quarantining, “shelter-in-place” orders and “social distancing,” have significantly limited non-essential travel and also resulted in increased national unemployment and possible lasting changes in consumer behavior that will create headwinds for our hotel properties even after government restrictions are lifted. In addition, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted base rent abatements for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. Given the current economic environment, we are continuing to evaluate whether future lease abatements may be granted. Since we cannot estimate when the COVID-19 pandemic and the responsive measures to combat it will end, we cannot estimate the ultimate operational and financial impact of COVID-19 on our business.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly and negatively impacted our revenue during the year ended December 31, 2020. Given that the majority of expenses associated with our business relate to depreciation, insurance, property taxes and interest, we are very limited in our ability to reduce our expenses. Combined with macroeconomic trends such as the current economic recession, reduced consumer spending, including on travel, and increased unemployment, we are led to believe that the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations will continue to have a material adverse impact on our financial results and liquidity, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the containment of such outbreak and vaccination distribution.

We previously announced RLJ's suspension of operations at 13 of our hotel properties. The decision to suspend operations was made in response to the elimination of lodging demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related government and health official mandates in many markets. As government mandated stay-in-place restrictions were lifted, RLJ, for itself and on our behalf, developed a framework to open hotels in a socially and financially responsible way. RLJ had reopened 10 of the 13 suspended hotel properties as of December 31, 2020, and subsequent to the end of the year has reopened one additional hotel property. RLJ continues to evaluate reopening the remaining two suspended hotel properties based on market conditions. In the markets where stay-in-place restrictions are reinstated, RLJ would consider temporarily re-suspending hotel operations where demand is inadequate.

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During the year ended December 31, 2020, we received a contribution of $50.0 million from RLJ LP to ensure that we can service our debt and maintain our operations. In addition, we have taken various actions to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening our balance sheet and liquidity position, including the following:

Capital Investment Reduction: We reduced our 2020 capital expenditure program by deferring all capital investments, other than completing projects that were substantially underway and nearing completion. Near-term, we will take appropriate steps to protect and preserve the hotel properties.

Return On Investment ("ROI") Project Suspensions:  We reviewed all 2020 ROI initiatives and suspended most of these projects.

For more information, see "Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors" included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our Customers
 
Our hotel property-owning subsidiaries (the "Lessors") receive rental income from the property-operating subsidiaries (the "Lessees") under lease agreements. The lease agreements contain a specific base rent amount or a percentage rent amount, which is calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues, and other revenues at the hotel properties.

Substantially all of our hotel properties consist of premium-branded, compact full-service hotels. As a result of this property profile, the majority of our hotel properties' customers are transient in nature. Transient business typically represents individual business or leisure travelers. As a result, the effects of COVID-19 and other factors impacting both business travel and leisure travel have an effect on our business. Group business is typically defined as a minimum of 10 guestrooms booked together as part of the same piece of business. Group business may or may not use the meeting space at any given hotel. A number of our hotels are affiliated with brands marketed toward extended-stay customers. Extended-stay customers are generally defined as those staying five nights or longer.

Key Indicators of Financial Performance
 
We use financial information to evaluate the amount of rental income we receive from the Lessees under our lease agreements. We earn a base rent amount or a percentage rent amount, which is calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues, and other revenues at the hotel properties. Industry standard statistical information and comparative data, such as ADR, occupancy, and RevPAR (described further below), are used to measure the operating performance of our hotel properties, including its impact on the amount of rental income recognized from base rent or percentage rent. We also use financial information to evaluate the significance of the property taxes, insurance, and other property-related costs at our hotel properties.

We use a variety of operating, financial and other information to evaluate the operating performance of our business. These key indicators include financial information that was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). In addition, we use other information that may not be financial in nature, including industry standard statistical information and comparative data. We use this information to measure the operating performance of our individual hotels, groups of hotels and/or business as a whole. We also use these metrics to evaluate the hotel properties in our portfolio to determine each hotel's contribution to cash flow and its potential to provide attractive long-term total returns. The key indicators included:

ADR — ADR represents the total hotel room revenues divided by the total number of rooms sold in a given period. ADR measures the average room price attained by a hotel and ADR trends provide useful information concerning the pricing environment and the nature of the customer base at a hotel or group of hotels. We use ADR to assess the pricing levels that we are able to generate, as changes in rates have a greater impact on operating margins and profitability than changes in occupancy.
Occupancy — Occupancy represents the total number of hotel rooms sold in a given period divided by the total number of rooms available. Occupancy measures the utilization of our hotel properties' available capacity. We use occupancy to measure demand at a specific hotel or group of hotels in a given period. Additionally, occupancy levels help us determine the achievable ADR levels.
RevPAR — RevPAR is the product of ADR and occupancy. RevPAR does not include non-room revenues, such as food and beverage revenue or other revenue. We use RevPAR to identify trend information with respect to room revenues from comparable hotel properties and to evaluate hotel performance on a regional basis.
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ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR are commonly used measures within the lodging industry to evaluate operating performance. RevPAR is an important statistic for monitoring the operating performance at the individual hotel property level and across our entire business. We evaluate individual hotel RevPAR performance on an absolute basis with comparisons to budget and prior periods, as well as on a regional and company-wide basis. ADR and RevPAR include only room revenue.

Principal Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

The principal factors affecting our operating results include the overall demand for lodging compared to the supply of available hotel rooms and other lodging options, and the ability of the Lessees' third-party management companies to increase or maintain revenues.
Demand — The demand for lodging, especially business travel, generally fluctuates with the overall economy. Historically, periods of declining demand are followed by extended periods of relatively strong demand, which typically occurs during the growth phase of the lodging cycle.
Supply — The development of new hotels is driven largely by construction costs, the availability of financing, the expected performance of existing hotels and other lodging options.
We expect that the ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR performance of our hotels will be impacted by macroeconomic factors such as regional and local employment growth, government spending, personal income and corporate earnings, office vacancy rates, business relocation decisions, airport activity, business and leisure travel demand, new hotel construction and the pricing strategies of our competitors. In addition, the ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR performance of our hotels are dependent on the continued success of the Hilton, Wyndham and Marriott hotel brands.
Revenues Substantially all of our revenues are derived from the Lessees' operation of hotels. Specifically, our revenues are comprised of related party lease revenue. The lease revenue earned under the TRS Leases is the greater of a base rent amount or a percentage rent amount, which is calculated based on a percentage of room revenue, food and beverage revenue, and other revenue at the hotel properties.

Results of Operations
 
At both December 31, 2020 and 2019, we owned 28 hotel properties.  Based on when a hotel property is acquired, sold or closed for renovation, the operating results for certain hotel properties are not comparable for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. For the comparison between the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the non-comparable properties include two hotels that were sold between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020.

For similar operating and financial data and discussion of our results for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to
our results for the year ended December 31, 2018, refer to Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” under Part II of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019,
which was filed with the SEC on February 26, 2020 and is incorporated herein by reference.
COVID-19

We believe the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations continue to have a material adverse impact on our financial results and liquidity, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the containment of such outbreak and vaccination distribution. Our hotel property-owning Lessors lease the hotel properties to the property-operating Lessees. We receive related party lease revenue from these lease agreements, including percentage rent. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. The economic downturn resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted our business and the overall lodging industry. Certain of the hotel properties have temporarily suspended all operations and, while other hotel properties are operating in a limited capacity, as a result of these operational changes, the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 will not be comparable to the same period in 2019.

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Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2020 to the year ended December 31, 2019
 For the year ended December 31,
 20202019$ Change% Change
(amounts in thousands)
Revenues
Operating revenues
Related party lease revenue$23,868 $196,695 $(172,827)(87.9)%
Total revenues23,868 196,695 (172,827)(87.9)%
Expenses 
Operating expenses 
Depreciation and amortization75,174 72,389 2,785 3.8 %
Property tax, insurance and other38,597 40,965 (2,368)(5.8)%
General and administrative(809)1,289 (2,098)— %
Transaction costs(247)241 (488)— %
Total operating expenses112,715 114,884 (2,169)(1.9)%
Other income59 (58)(98.3)%
Interest income143 347 (204)(58.8)%
Interest expense(31,225)(31,930)705 (2.2)%
Related party interest expense(3,085)(4,529)1,444 (31.9)%
Loss on sale of hotel properties, net(48)(21,451)21,403 (99.8)%
(Loss) income before equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures(123,061)24,307 (147,368)— %
Equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures(8,473)816 (9,289)— %
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income(131,534)25,123 (156,657)— %
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests: 
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures349 (248)597 — %
Noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP1,311 (235)1,546 — %
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture— (186)186 (100.0)%
Redemption of preferred equity - consolidated joint venture— (1,153)1,153 (100.0)%
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Rangers$(129,874)$23,301 $(153,175)— %

Revenues

Related Party Lease Revenue

Related party lease revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased $172.8 million, or 87.9%, to $23.9 million from $196.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease was the result of a $6.2 million decrease in related party lease revenue attributable to the non-comparable properties and a $166.6 million decrease in related party lease revenue attributable to the comparable properties. The decrease in related party lease revenue from the comparable properties was partially attributable to a decrease in percentage lease revenue as a result of lower room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues of the Lessees primarily due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. Additionally, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted abatements on base rent for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020, which accounted for the remainder of the decrease.

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Depreciation and Amortization
 
Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased $2.8 million, or 3.8%, to $75.2 million from $72.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was the result of a $5.4 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense attributable to the comparable properties primarily due to capital expenditures made during and since the year ended December 31, 2019. This increase was partially offset by a $2.6 million decrease in depreciation and amortization expense attributable to the non-comparable properties.

Property Tax, Insurance and Other
 
Property tax, insurance and other expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased $2.4 million, or 5.8%, to $38.6 million from $41.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease was attributable to a $0.8 million decrease in property tax, insurance and other expense attributable to the non-comparable properties and a $1.6 million decrease in property tax, insurance and other expense attributable to the comparable properties. The decrease in property tax, insurance and other expense attributable to the comparable properties was primarily attributable to a decrease in ground lease expense as a result of lower percentage rents incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was partially offset by an increase in property insurance premiums.

General and Administrative
 
General and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased $2.1 million from $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in general and administrative expense was primarily attributable to the reversal of an accrued liability related to the settlement of a dispute with the National Retirement Fund of $1.8 million and a net decrease in other general and administrative expenses resulting from our response to COVID-19.

Interest Expense
 
Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased $0.7 million, or 2.2%, to $31.2 million from $31.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in interest expense was due to debt balance reductions during the year ended December 31, 2020 as a result of scheduled mortgage loan principal payments, as well as a lower average interest rate on our variable rate debt due to decreases in the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). These decreases were partially offset by an increase in interest expense resulting from a higher average debt balance during the year ended December 31, 2020 due to the addition of a $96.0 million mortgage loan in April 2019.

Related Party Interest Expense

Related party interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased $1.4 million, or 31.9%, to $3.1 million from $4.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in related party interest expense was due to decreases in LIBOR. The related party mortgage loan has an interest rate of LIBOR + 3.00%. In November 2018, our consolidated joint venture entered into an $85.0 million related party mortgage loan with RLJ LP. The hotel property owned by our consolidated joint venture is encumbered by the related party mortgage loan.

Loss on Sale of Hotel Properties, net

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we sold two hotel properties in one transaction for a total sale price of approximately $147.4 million. In connection with this transaction, we recorded a net loss on sale of $21.5 million. We sold no hotel properties during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Equity in (Loss) Income from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

Equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased $9.3 million to a loss of $8.5 million from income of $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily attributable to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and an impairment loss of $6.5 million related to one of our unconsolidated joint ventures during the year ended December 31, 2020. The impairment loss was related to the write down of our investment in this joint venture due to the joint venture's determination that the property ground lease will terminate on October 31, 2021. The property will revert to the ground lessor at that time.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Our short-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of the funds necessary to pay for operating expenses and other expenditures directly associated with our hotel properties, including:
 
recurring maintenance and capital expenditures necessary to maintain our hotel properties in accordance with brand standards;

operating lease obligations that mainly consist of ground lease agreements for six of our hotel properties;
operating shortfalls for our hotel property-owning Lessors which have leased hotel properties to property-operating Lessees where operations have been suspended or whose hotels have low occupancy;
 
interest expense and scheduled principal payments on outstanding indebtedness; and

corporate and other general and administrative expenses.
 
We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements generally through the net cash provided by operations, existing cash balances, proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, proceeds from financings, and proceeds from member (partner) contributions.
 
Our long-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of the funds necessary to pay for renovations and other capital expenditures that need to be made periodically with respect to our hotel properties, and scheduled debt payments, at maturity or otherwise.

Significant events affecting travel, including the COVID-19 pandemic, typically have an impact on booking patterns, with the full extent of the impact generally determined by the duration of the event and its impact on travel decisions. Our hotel property-owning Lessors lease our hotel properties to property-operating Lessees. We receive related party lease revenue from these lease agreements, including percentage rent. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. As a result, we believe the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations continue to have a material adverse impact on our financial results and liquidity, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the containment of such outbreak and vaccination distribution. In addition, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted abatements on base rent for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. Given the current economic environment, we are continuing to evaluate whether future lease abatements may be granted.

We can make no assurances that the assumptions used to estimate our liquidity requirements will remain accurate because the magnitude, duration and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic are uncertain. These uncertainties make it difficult to predict the impact on our business, financial condition or near- or longer-term financial or operational results with certainty.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, we received a contribution of $50.0 million from RLJ LP to ensure that we can service our debt and maintain our operations. In addition, we have taken further actions to improve our liquidity position, including capital expenditure reductions and suspending ROI initiatives.

Based on these actions and our assumptions regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we expect to have sufficient liquidity to satisfy our obligations over an extended period of time.
 
Sources and Uses of Cash
 
As of December 31, 2020, we had $65.6 million of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reserves as compared to $23.7 million at December 31, 2019.
 
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Cash flows from Operating Activities
 
The net cash flow used in operating activities totaled $3.0 million and the net cash flow provided by operating activities totaled $85.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the net cash flow used in operating activities generally consisted of cash paid for corporate expenses and other working capital changes, partially offset by the net cash received from the hotel property lease agreements between the Lessors and the Lessees, which was negatively impacted as a result of the Lessees operating in the current low demand environment due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the net cash flow provided by operating activities generally consisted of cash received from the hotel property lease agreements between the Lessors and the Lessees, partially offset by cash paid for corporate expenses and other working capital changes. Refer to the "Results of Operations" section for further discussion of our operating results for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
 
Cash flows from Investing Activities
 
The net cash flow used in investing activities totaled $34.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 primarily due to $31.9 million in capital improvements and additions to our hotel properties and a $2.7 million advance that our consolidated joint venture provided to its Lessee as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Lessee's operations.

The net cash flow provided by investing activities totaled $81.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to $144.4 million of net cash proceeds from the sale of two hotel properties. The net cash flow provided by investing activities was partially offset by $62.0 million in capital improvements and additions to our hotel properties.

Cash flows from Financing Activities
 
The net cash flow provided by financing activities totaled $79.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 primarily due to $160.3 million in contributions from members (partners). The net cash flow provided by financing activities was partially offset by $77.9 million in distributions to members (partners) and $2.7 million in scheduled mortgage loans principal payments.

The net cash flow used in financing activities totaled $167.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to $404.7 million in distributions to members (partners), a payment of $45.6 million to redeem the preferred equity in a consolidated joint venture, $2.7 million in repayments of borrowings and $1.0 million in deferred financing cost payments. The net cash flow used in financing activities was partially offset by $188.3 million in contributions from members (partners), $96.0 million in new mortgage borrowings and $2.3 million in contributions from consolidated joint venture partners.

Capital Expenditures and Reserve Funds
 
We maintain each of our hotel properties in good repair and condition and in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, franchise agreements and management agreements. Generally, the cost of routine improvements and alterations are paid out of the FF&E reserves, which are funded by a portion of each hotel property’s gross revenues. Routine capital expenditures are administered by us with the assistance of the property management companies. However, we have approval rights over the capital expenditures as part of the annual budget process for each of our hotel properties.
 
From time to time, certain of our hotel properties may undergo renovations as a result of our decision to upgrade portions of the hotels, such as guestrooms, public space, meeting space, and/or restaurants, in order to better compete with other hotels and alternative lodging options in our markets. In addition, upon acquisition of a hotel we often are required to complete a property improvement plan in order to bring the hotel up to the respective franchisor’s standards. If permitted by the terms of the management agreement, funding for a renovation will first come from the FF&E reserves. To the extent that the FF&E reserves are not available or sufficient to cover the cost of the renovation, we will fund all or the remaining portion of the renovation with cash and cash equivalents on hand and/or other sources of available liquidity.
 
With respect to some of our hotel properties that are operated under franchise agreements with major national hotel brands and for some of our hotel properties subject to first mortgage liens, we are obligated to maintain FF&E reserve accounts for future capital expenditures at these hotels. The amount funded into each of these reserve accounts is generally determined pursuant to the management agreements, franchise agreements and/or mortgage loan documents for each of the respective hotels, and typically ranges between 4.0% and 5.0% of the respective hotel’s total gross revenue. As of December 31, 2020, approximately $2.8 million was held in FF&E reserve accounts for future capital expenditures.
 
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We consider our accounting policies over investment in hotel properties and leases to be our critical accounting policies. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for further descriptions of such accounting policies. We have set forth below the accounting policies that we believe require material subjective or complex judgments and have the most significant impact on our financial condition and results of operations. It is possible that the actual amounts may differ significantly from these estimates and assumptions. We evaluate our estimates, assumptions and judgments on an ongoing basis, based on information that is available to us, our business and industry experience, and various other matters that we believe are reasonable and appropriate for consideration under the circumstances.

Impairment

We assess the carrying value of our investments in hotel properties whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable.  The recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount to the projected undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated from the operations and the eventual disposition of the hotel properties over the estimated hold period, which take into account current market conditions and our intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties.  If our analysis indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable on a projected undiscounted cash flow basis, we will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The determination of fair value is subjective and is based in part on assumptions and estimates that could differ materially from actual results in future periods. The fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including internally developed discounted cash flow models, comparable market transactions, third-party appraisals, the net sales proceeds from pending offers, or the net sales proceeds from transactions that closed subsequent to the end of the reporting period. The use of projected future cash flows is based on assumptions that are consistent with a market participant’s future expectations for the travel industry and the economy in general, including discount rates, sales proceeds in the reversion year, average daily rates, occupancy rates, operating expenses and capital expenditures, and our intent with respect to holding or disposing of the underlying hotel properties. Fair value may also be based on assumptions including, but not limited to, room revenue multiples and comparable sales adjusted for capital expenditures, if necessary.

Purchase Price Allocation

Our acquisitions generally consist of land, land improvements, buildings, building improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment and inventory. We allocate the purchase price among the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values at the date of acquisition. We estimate the fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed by using a combination of the market, cost and income approaches. We determine the fair value by using market data and independent appraisals available to us and making numerous estimates and assumptions, such as estimates of future income growth, capitalization rates, discount rates, capital expenditures and cash flow projections at the respective hotel properties. The determination of fair value is subjective and is based in part on assumptions and estimates that could differ materially from actual results in future periods.

FelCor LP's Summarized Condensed Consolidating Financial Information
 
FelCor LP is the issuer of the Senior Notes. Certain of FelCor LP's 100%-owned subsidiaries (FCH/PSH, L.P.; FelCor/CMB Buckhead Hotel, L.L.C.; FelCor/CMB Marlborough Hotel, L.L.C.; FelCor/CMB Orsouth Holdings, L.P.; FelCor/CMB SSF Holdings, L.P.; FelCor/CSS Holdings, L.P.; FelCor Dallas Love Field Owner, L.L.C.; FelCor Milpitas Owner, L.L.C.; FelCor TRS Borrower 4, L.L.C.; FelCor Hotel Asset Company, L.L.C.; FelCor St. Pete (SPE), L.L.C.; FelCor Esmeralda (SPE), L.L.C.; FelCor S-4 Hotels (SPE), L.L.C.; Madison 237 Hotel, L.L.C.; Myrtle Beach Owner, L.L.C.; and Royalton 44 Hotel, L.L.C., collectively the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), together with Rangers, guarantee, fully and unconditionally (except where subject to customary release provisions as described below), and jointly and severally, the Senior Notes.
The guaranties by the Subsidiary Guarantors may be automatically and unconditionally released upon (i) the sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor, if, in each case, as a result of such sale or disposition, such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a subsidiary of FelCor LP, (ii) the consolidation or merger of any such Subsidiary Guarantor with any person other than FelCor LP, or a subsidiary of FelCor LP, if, as a result of such consolidation or merger, such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, (iii) a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the indenture, (iv) the unconditional
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and complete release of such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the modification and waiver provisions of the indenture, or (v) the designation of a restricted subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an unrestricted subsidiary under and in compliance with the indenture.

Pursuant to amended Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X, the following aggregate summarized financial information is provided for FelCor LP and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The aggregate summarized financial information does not include the investments in non-guarantor subsidiaries nor the earnings from non-guarantor subsidiaries and therefore is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations or financial position had FelCor LP and the Subsidiary Guarantors operated as independent entities. Intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The aggregate summarized balance sheet information as of December 31, 2020 and aggregate summarized statement of operations and comprehensive loss information for the year ended December 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

December 31, 2020
Investment in hotel properties, net
$563,231 
Note receivable from non-guarantor subsidiary32,709 
Interest receivable from non-guarantor subsidiary2,272 
Deferred rent asset - related party420 
Other assets128,049 
Total assets$726,681 
Debt, net$520,538 
Related party rent payable2,473 
Deferred rent liability - related party47 
Other liabilities48,896 
Total liabilities$571,954 


For the year ended December 31, 2020
Related party lease revenue$9,076 
Total operating expenses(45,351)
Interest income63 
Interest income on note receivable from non-guarantor subsidiary801 
Interest expense(24,392)
Loss on sale of hotel properties, net(16)
Loss before equity in loss from unconsolidated joint ventures(59,819)
Equity in loss from unconsolidated joint ventures(8,473)
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to FelCor LP$(68,292)

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 
Market risk includes the risks that arise from changes in interest rates, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. Our primary market risk exposure is to changes in interest rates on our variable rate debt. As of December 31, 2020, we had approximately $96.0 million of total variable rate debt outstanding (or 12.5% of total indebtedness) with a weighted-average interest rate of 1.74% per annum. As of December 31, 2020, if market interest rates on our variable rate debt were to increase by 1.00%, or 100 basis points, interest expense would decrease future earnings and cash flows by approximately $1.0 million annually. As of December 31, 2020, we also had approximately $85.0 million of total variable rate related party debt outstanding (or 11.0% of total indebtedness) with a weighted-average interest rate of 3.14% per annum. As of December 31, 2020, if market interest rates on our variable rate related party debt were to increase by 1.00%, or 100 basis points, related party interest expense would decrease future earnings and cash flows by approximately $0.9 million annually.
 
Our interest rate risk objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate fluctuations on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, we manage our exposure to fluctuations in market interest rates
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through the use of fixed rate debt instruments to the extent that reasonably favorable rates are obtainable. From time to time, we may enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps to mitigate our interest rate risk or to effectively lock the interest rate on a portion of our variable rate debt. We do not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.
 
The following table provides information about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2020, the following table presents the principal repayments and related weighted-average interest rates by contractual maturity dates (in thousands):
 20212022202320242025Total
Fixed rate debt (1)$2,603 $110,997 $— $— $474,888 $588,488 
Weighted-average interest rate4.95 %4.95 %— %— %6.00 %5.80 %
Variable rate debt (2)$— $— $— $96,000 $— $96,000 
Weighted-average interest rate— %— %— %1.74 %— %1.74 %
Variable rate debt - related party debt$— $— $85,000 $— $— $85,000 
Weighted-average interest rate— %— %3.14 %— %— %3.14 %
Total$2,603 $110,997 $85,000 $96,000 $474,888 $769,488 

(1)Excludes a total of $22.0 million related to fair value adjustments on the debt that RLJ pushed down to our consolidated financial statements as a result of the Mergers.
(2)Excludes $0.6 million of net deferred financing costs on the mortgage loan.

Our ultimate realized gain or loss with respect to interest rate fluctuations will depend on the exposures that arise during future periods, prevailing interest rates, and our hedging strategies at that time.
 
Changes in market interest rates on our fixed rate debt impact the fair value of our debt, but such changes have no impact to our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2020, the estimated fair value of our fixed rate debt was $597.8 million, which is based on having the same debt service requirements that could have been borrowed at the date presented, at prevailing current market interest rates. If interest rates were to rise by 1.00%, or 100 basis points, and our fixed rate debt balance remains constant, we expect the fair value of our debt to decrease by approximately $2.0 million.

Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Refer to the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1.

Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures
None.

Item 9A.            Controls and Procedures
 
Rangers

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Rangers' management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) of Rangers, as required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, Rangers' Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of December 31, 2020, Rangers' disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports filed or submitted with the SEC (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to Rangers' management, including Rangers' Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

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Rangers' management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act). Rangers' internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluations of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Rangers' management assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO") in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, Rangers' management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2020, its internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to SEC rules that permit us to provide only management's report in this Annual Report.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There have been no changes in Rangers' internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act) during the period ended December 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

FelCor LP

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
The management of Rangers GP, the sole general partner of FelCor LP, has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) of FelCor LP, as required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, Rangers GP's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of December 31, 2020, FelCor LP's disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports filed or submitted with the SEC (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to Rangers GP's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
 
Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The management of Rangers GP, the sole general partner of FelCor LP, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act). FelCor LP's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluations of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

The management of Rangers GP, the sole general partner of FelCor LP, assessed the effectiveness of FelCor LP's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020. In making this assessment, Rangers GP's management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO") in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, Rangers GP's management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2020, FelCor LP's internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.

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This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to SEC rules that permit us to provide only management's report in this Annual Report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There have been no changes in FelCor LP's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act) during the period ended December 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B.                     Other Information
 
None.

PART III

Item 10.    Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Directors

Not applicable.

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the executive officers of Rangers and Rangers GP, the sole general partner of FelCor LP:
NameAge (1)Title
Leslie D. Hale48President and Chief Executive Officer
Sean M. Mahoney49Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(1)    Age as of February 26, 2021.

Leslie D. Hale has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rangers and Rangers GP since August 22, 2018. She has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of RLJ since August 22, 2018. Prior to her present roles, Ms. Hale served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rangers and Rangers GP since August 31, 2017 and as the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of RLJ since July 2016. Ms. Hale previously served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President of RLJ since February 2013. She previously served as chief financial officer and senior vice president of real estate and finance of RLJ Development from 2007 until the formation of the Company, when she became the Company’s chief financial officer, treasurer and senior vice president. She previously was the vice president of real estate and finance for RLJ Development from 2006 to September 2007 and director of real estate and finance from 2005 until her 2006 promotion. In these positions, Ms. Hale was responsible for the finance, tax, treasury and portfolio management functions as well as executing all real estate transactions. From 2002 to 2005, she held several positions within the global financial services division of General Electric Corp., including as a vice president in the business development group of GE Commercial Finance, and as an associate director in the GE Real Estate strategic capital group. Prior to that, she was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ms. Hale received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Howard University and her Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. Ms. Hale serves on the board of directors of Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) and is a member of the Howard University Board of Trustees.

Sean M. Mahoney has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rangers and Rangers GP since August 22, 2018. He has also served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RLJ since August 1, 2018. Mr. Mahoney previously served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of DiamondRock Hospitality Company from September 2008 to March 2018 and previously served as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and corporate controller from August 2004 to September 2008. Earlier in his career, he worked in the audit practices of Arthur Andersen, KPMG and Ernst & Young. Mr. Mahoney received a B.S. in accounting from Syracuse University in 1993.

Code of Ethics

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We do not have our own code of ethics, as we are wholly-owned subsidiaries of RLJ LP. Instead, our executive officers and employees adhere to RLJ’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. For more information on RLJ’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, please refer to RLJ’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Corporate Governance

Not applicable.

Item 11.    Executive Compensation

Our executive officers are not compensated for their roles at Rangers and Rangers GP. RLJ provides compensation to our executive officers for their roles at RLJ and such compensation is governed by the policies and principals of the RLJ compensation program established by the Compensation Committee of the RLJ Board of Trustees. For more information on RLJ’s executive compensation, please refer to RLJ’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

None.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

100% of the ownership interests of Rangers and FelCor LP are held by RLJ LP (either directly or indirectly).

Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

Related Party Transactions

Our hotel properties are leased by the Lessors to the Lessees. Therefore, the TRS Leases are between related parties. For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the revenue earned under the TRS Leases was $23.9 million, $196.7 million and $217.6 million, respectively. This revenue is based on a specific base rent amount or a percentage rent amount, which is calculated based on a percentage of room revenue, food and beverage revenue and other revenue at the hotel properties. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted abatements on base rent for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In November 2018, the Company's consolidated joint venture entered into an $85.0 million related party loan with RLJ LP, which is included in related party debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The related party mortgage loan has an interest rate of LIBOR + 3.00% and a maturity date of November 9, 2023. The related party loan requires payments of interest only through maturity. The hotel property owned by the Company's consolidated joint venture is encumbered by the related party loan. For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $3.1 million, $4.5 million and $0.7 million of interest expense, respectively, related to its related party loan with RLJ LP.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company's consolidated joint venture provided a $2.7 million advance to its Lessee as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Lessee's operations. This advance is included in advance to Lessee - related party in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Director Independence

Not applicable.

Item 14.    Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which served as our independent registered public accounting firm for these years.  The fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the services performed for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are included as part of the fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of RLJ’s consolidated financial statements for
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the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, which are included in RLJ’s definitive Proxy Statements for its 2021 and 2020 Annual Meetings of Shareholders.
 
PART IV

Item 15.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

The following is a list of documents filed as a part of this report:
(1)   Financial Statements — Refer to the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1
(2)   Financial Statement Schedules — The following financial statement schedule is included herein on pages F-29 through F-31:
Schedule III — Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation for Rangers Sub I, LLC and FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
All other schedules for which a provision is made in Regulation S-X are either not required to be included herein under the related instructions, are inapplicable, or the related information is included in the footnotes to the applicable financial statement and, therefore, have been omitted.
(3)   Exhibits — The exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are noted below:



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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
 Description of Exhibit
  
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.1
4.2
4.3
21.1*
31.1* 
31.2* 
31.3*
31.4*
32.1* 
32.2*
101.INS XBRL Instance Document Submitted electronically with this report
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document Submitted electronically with this report
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document Submitted electronically with this report
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document Submitted electronically with this report
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document Submitted electronically with this report
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document Submitted electronically with this report
 *Filed herewith
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Item 16.    Form 10-K Summary

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
RANGERS SUB I, LLC
  
Dated: February 26, 2021/s/ LESLIE D. HALE
 Leslie D. Hale
 President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: February 26, 2021/s/ SEAN M. MAHONEY
 Sean M. Mahoney
 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial Officer)
Dated: February 26, 2021/s/ CHRISTOPHER A. GORMSEN
 Christopher A. Gormsen
 Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
 (Principal Accounting Officer)



FELCOR LODGING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Rangers General Partner, LLC, its General Partner
  
Dated: February 26, 2021/s/ LESLIE D. HALE
 Leslie D. Hale
 President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: February 26, 2021/s/ SEAN M. MAHONEY
 Sean M. Mahoney
 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial Officer)
Dated: February 26, 2021/s/ CHRISTOPHER A. GORMSEN
 Christopher A. Gormsen
 Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
 (Principal Accounting Officer)

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Item 8.         Financial Statements
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
F-2
F-4
Rangers Sub I, LLC
Consolidated Financial Statements
F-6
F-7
F-8
F-9
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Consolidated Financial Statements
F-10
F-11
F-12
F-13
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Member of Rangers Sub I, LLC

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Rangers Sub I, LLC and its subsidiaries (the “Company”), a subsidiary of RLJ Lodging Trust, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, including the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Impairment Assessment of Investments in Hotel Properties

As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, management assesses the carrying value of its investments in hotel properties whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. As of December 31, 2020, investments in hotel properties totaled $1.9 billion and for the year ended December 31, 2020 there were no impairment losses. Hotel property recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount to management’s projected undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated from the operations and the eventual disposition of the hotel properties over the estimated hold period, which takes into account current market conditions and management’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties. If management’s analysis indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable on a projected undiscounted cash flow basis, the Company will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the impairment assessment of investments in hotel properties is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment used by management to identify events or changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable; and (ii) a high degree of auditor
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judgment and subjectivity in performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence related to management’s assessment of current market conditions and management’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s impairment assessment of investments in hotel properties, including controls over the identification of events or changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. These procedures also included, among others, testing management’s process for identifying investments in hotel properties to be evaluated for impairment. Testing management’s process included evaluating management’s assessment of current market conditions, evaluating management’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties and considering whether the assessment of current market conditions was consistent with external industry data and evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
McLean, Virginia
February 26, 2021

We have served as the Company's auditor since 1994.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Partners of FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries (the “Company”), a subsidiary of RLJ Lodging Trust, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income, of partners' capital and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, including the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Impairment Assessment of Investments in Hotel Properties

As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, management assesses the carrying value of its investments in hotel properties whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. As of December 31, 2020, investments in hotel properties totaled $1.9 billion and for the year ended December 31, 2020 there were no impairment losses. Hotel property recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount to management’s projected undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated from the operations and the eventual disposition of the hotel properties over the estimated hold period, which takes into account current market conditions and management’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties. If management’s analysis indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable on a projected undiscounted cash flow basis, the Company will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the impairment assessment of investments in hotel properties is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment used by management to identify events or changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable; and (ii) a high degree of auditor
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Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s impairment assessment of investments in hotel properties, including controls over the identification of events or changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. These procedures also included, among others, testing management’s process for identifying investments in hotel properties to be evaluated for impairment. Testing management’s process included evaluating management’s assessment of current market conditions, evaluating management’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties and considering whether the assessment of current market conditions was consistent with external industry data and evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
McLean, Virginia
February 26, 2021

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2011.

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Rangers Sub I, LLC
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands)

December 31,
20202019
Assets  
Investment in hotel properties, net$1,901,644 $1,946,826 
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures6,798 15,171 
Cash and cash equivalents61,766 19,572 
Restricted cash reserves3,882 4,147 
Related party rent receivable 49,181 
Advance to Lessee - related party2,709  
Lease right-of-use assets76,256 80,635 
Prepaid expense and other assets8,609 7,543 
Total assets$2,061,664 $2,123,075 
Liabilities and Equity  
Debt, net$705,863 $713,727 
Related party debt85,000 85,000 
Accounts payable and other liabilities29,609 32,676 
Lease liabilities46,575 48,200 
Related party rent payable493  
Accrued interest2,374 2,463 
Related party accrued interest127 190 
Total liabilities870,041 882,256 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)
Equity 
Member's equity: 
Member's equity1,201,428 1,119,913 
(Accumulated deficit) Retained earnings(29,878)99,996 
Total member's equity1,171,550 1,219,909 
Noncontrolling interest:  
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures8,239 8,588 
Noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP11,834 12,322 
Total noncontrolling interest20,073 20,910 
Total equity1,191,623 1,240,819 
Total liabilities and equity$2,061,664 $2,123,075 

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Rangers Sub I, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(Amounts in thousands)
 For the year ended December 31,
 202020192018
Revenues
Operating revenues
Related party lease revenue$23,868 $196,695 $217,597 
Total revenues23,868 196,695 217,597 
Expenses 
Operating expenses 
Depreciation and amortization75,174 72,389 78,491 
Property tax, insurance and other38,597 40,965 53,754 
General and administrative(809)1,289 1,056 
Transaction costs(247)241 2,186 
Total operating expenses112,715 114,884 135,487 
Other income1 59 113 
Interest income143 347 311 
Interest expense(31,225)(31,930)(37,930)
Related party interest expense(3,085)(4,529)(708)
(Loss) gain on sale of hotel properties, net(48)(21,451)18,423 
Gain on extinguishment of indebtedness, net  11,266 
(Loss) income before equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures(123,061)24,307 73,585 
Equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures(8,473)816 1,395 
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income(131,534)25,123 74,980 
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests: 
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures349 (248)(159)
Noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP1,311 (235)(733)
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture (186)(1,483)
Redemption of preferred equity - consolidated joint venture (1,153) 
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Rangers$(129,874)$23,301 $72,605 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Rangers Sub I, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
(Amounts in thousands)
Member's EquityNoncontrolling Interest 
EquityRetained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)FelCor LPConsolidated
Joint 
Ventures
Preferred Equity in a Consolidated Joint VentureTotal 
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2017$1,302,739 $4,090 $13,200 $5,900 $44,430 $1,370,359 
Net income and comprehensive income— 72,605 733 159 1,483 74,980 
Contributions724,997 — 7,322 — — 732,319 
Distributions(693,582)— (7,005)— — (700,587)
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture— — — — (1,483)(1,483)
Balance at December 31, 20181,334,154 76,695 14,250 6,059 44,430 1,475,588 
Net income and comprehensive income— 23,301 235 248 1,339 25,123 
Contributions 186,435 — 1,883 — — 188,318 
Distributions (400,676)— (4,046)— — (404,722)
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture— — — — (186)(186)
   Redemption of preferred equity - consolidated joint venture— — — — (45,583)(45,583)
Contributions from consolidated joint venture partners— — — 2,281 — 2,281 
Balance at December 31, 20191,119,913 99,996 12,322 8,588  1,240,819 
Net loss and comprehensive loss— (129,874)(1,311)(349)— (131,534)
Contributions158,652 — 1,603 — — 160,255 
Distributions(77,137)— (780)— — (77,917)
Balance at December 31, 2020$1,201,428 $(29,878)$11,834 $8,239 $ $1,191,623 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.




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Rangers Sub I, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands)
 For the year ended December 31,
 202020192018
Cash flows from operating activities  
Net (loss) income$(131,534)$25,123 $74,980 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to cash flow (used in) provided by operating activities:   
Loss (gain) on sale of hotel properties, net48 21,451 (18,423)
Depreciation and amortization75,174 72,389 78,491 
Amortization of deferred financing costs198 148 241 
Other amortization(2,754)(2,604)(3,649)
Equity in loss (income) from unconsolidated joint ventures8,473 (816)(1,395)
Distributions of income from unconsolidated joint ventures 1,964 2,591 
Gain on extinguishment of indebtedness, net  (11,266)
Changes in assets and liabilities: 
Related party rent receivable49,181 (32,680)63,588 
Prepaid expense and other assets(1,624)(1,348)4,142 
Related party prepaid interest 180 (180)
Related party rent payable493   
Accounts payable and other liabilities(486)1,017 (6,052)
Accrued interest(89) (9,823)
Related party accrued interest(63)190  
Net cash flow (used in) provided by operating activities(2,983)85,014 173,245 
Cash flows from investing activities  
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net(48)144,447 445,287 
Improvements and additions to hotel properties(31,888)(62,015)(74,384)
Advance to Lessee - related party(2,709)  
Contributions to unconsolidated joint ventures(100)(603) 
Net cash flow (used in) provided by investing activities(34,745)81,829 370,903 
Cash flows from financing activities  
Proceeds from borrowings 96,000  
Proceeds from borrowings - related party  85,000 
Repayments of borrowings(2,681)(2,678)(654,656)
Contributions from members160,255 188,318 732,319 
Distributions to members(77,917)(404,722)(698,787)
Payments of deferred financing costs (990)(10)
Contributions from consolidated joint venture partners 2,281  
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture (312)(1,483)
Redemption of preferred equity - consolidated joint venture (45,583) 
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities79,657 (167,686)(537,617)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves41,929 (843)6,531 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves, beginning of year23,719 24,562 18,031 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves, end of year$65,648 $23,719 $24,562 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands)

December 31,
20202019
Assets  
Investment in hotel properties, net$1,901,644 $1,946,826 
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures6,798 15,171 
Cash and cash equivalents61,766 19,572 
Restricted cash reserves3,882 4,147 
Related party receivable 49,181 
Advance to Lessee - related party2,709  
Lease right-of-use assets76,256 80,635 
Prepaid expense and other assets8,609 7,543 
Total assets$2,061,664 $2,123,075 
Liabilities and Partners' Capital  
Debt, net$705,863 $713,727 
Related party debt85,000 85,000 
Accounts payable and other liabilities29,609 32,676 
Lease liabilities46,575 48,200 
Related party rent payable493  
Accrued interest2,374 2,463 
Related party accrued interest127 190 
Total liabilities870,041 882,256 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)
Partners' Capital 
Partners’ capital: 
Partners' capital1,213,564 1,131,226 
(Accumulated deficit) Retained earnings(30,180)101,005 
Total partners’ capital, excluding noncontrolling interest1,183,384 1,232,231 
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures8,239 8,588 
Total partners' capital1,191,623 1,240,819 
Total liabilities and partners' capital$2,061,664 $2,123,075 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(Amounts in thousands)

 For the year ended December 31,
 202020192018
Revenues
Operating revenues
Related party lease revenue$23,868 $196,695 $217,597 
Total revenues23,868 196,695 217,597 
Expenses 
Operating expenses 
Depreciation and amortization75,174 72,389 78,491 
Property tax, insurance and other38,597 40,965 53,754 
General and administrative(809)1,289 1,056 
Transaction costs(247)241 2,186 
Total operating expenses112,715 114,884 135,487 
Other income1 59 113 
Interest income143 347 311 
Interest expense(31,225)(31,930)(37,930)
Related party interest expense(3,085)(4,529)(708)
(Loss) gain on sale of hotel properties, net(48)(21,451)18,423 
Gain on extinguishment of indebtedness, net  11,266 
(Loss) income before equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures(123,061)24,307 73,585 
Equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures(8,473)816 1,395 
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income(131,534)25,123 74,980 
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests: 
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures349 (248)(159)
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture (186)(1,483)
Redemption of preferred capital - consolidated joint venture (1,153) 
Net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income attributable to FelCor LP$(131,185)$23,536 $73,338 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Consolidated Statements of Partners' Capital
(Amounts in thousands)
 Partners’ CapitalNoncontrolling Interest 
 CapitalRetained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)Consolidated
Joint 
Ventures
Preferred Capital in a Consolidated Joint VentureTotal 
Partners' Capital
Balance at December 31, 2017$1,315,898 $4,131 $5,900 $44,430 $1,370,359 
Net income and comprehensive income— 73,338 159 1,483 74,980 
Contributions732,319 — — — 732,319 
Distributions(700,587)— — — (700,587)
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture— — — (1,483)(1,483)
Balance at December 31, 20181,347,630 77,469 6,059 44,430 1,475,588 
Net income and comprehensive income— 23,536 248 1,339 25,123 
Contributions188,318 — — — 188,318 
Distributions(404,722)— — — (404,722)
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture— — — (186)(186)
Redemption of preferred equity - consolidated joint venture— — — (45,583)(45,583)
Contributions from consolidated joint venture partners— — 2,281 — 2,281 
Balance at December 31, 20191,131,226 101,005 8,588  1,240,819 
Net loss and comprehensive loss— (131,185)(349) (131,534)
Contributions160,255 — — — 160,255 
Distributions(77,917)—  — (77,917)
Balance at December 31, 2020$1,213,564 $(30,180)$8,239 $ $1,191,623 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands)
 For the year ended December 31,
 202020192018
Cash flows from operating activities  
Net (loss) income$(131,534)$25,123 $74,980 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to cash flow (used in) provided by operating activities:   
Loss (gain) on sale of hotel properties, net48 21,451 (18,423)
Depreciation and amortization75,174 72,389 78,491 
Amortization of deferred financing costs198 148 241 
Other amortization(2,754)(2,604)(3,649)
Equity in loss (income) from unconsolidated joint ventures8,473 (816)(1,395)
Distributions of income from unconsolidated joint ventures 1,964 2,591 
Gain on extinguishment of indebtedness, net  (11,266)
Changes in assets and liabilities: 
Related party rent receivable49,181 (32,680)63,588 
Prepaid expense and other assets(1,624)(1,348)4,142 
Related party prepaid interest 180 (180)
Related party rent payable493   
Accounts payable and other liabilities(486)1,017 (6,052)
Accrued interest(89) (9,823)
Related party accrued interest(63)190  
Net cash flow (used in) provided by operating activities(2,983)85,014 173,245 
Cash flows from investing activities  
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net(48)144,447 445,287 
Improvements and additions to hotel properties(31,888)(62,015)(74,384)
Advance to Lessee - related party(2,709)  
Contributions to unconsolidated joint ventures(100)(603) 
Net cash flow (used in) provided by investing activities(34,745)81,829 370,903 
Cash flows from financing activities  
Proceeds from borrowings 96,000  
Proceeds from borrowings - related party  85,000 
Repayments of borrowings(2,681)(2,678)(654,656)
Contributions from partners160,255 188,318 732,319 
Distributions to partners(77,917)(404,722)(698,787)
Payments of deferred financing costs (990)(10)
Contributions from consolidated joint venture partners 2,281  
Preferred distributions - consolidated joint venture (312)(1,483)
Redemption of preferred capital - consolidated joint venture (45,583) 
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities79,657 (167,686)(537,617)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves41,929 (843)6,531 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves, beginning of year23,719 24,562 18,031 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves, end of year$65,648 $23,719 $24,562 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Rangers Sub I, LLC and FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1.          General
 
Organization

Rangers Sub I, LLC ("Rangers") is a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P. ("RLJ LP"). Rangers owns an indirect 99% partnership interest in FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership ("FelCor LP"). Rangers General Partner, LLC, also a wholly-owned subsidiary of RLJ LP, owns the remaining 1% partnership interest and is the sole general partner of FelCor LP. Rangers and FelCor LP are collectively referred to as the "Company." Substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through FelCor LP. The Company owns primarily premium-branded, compact full-service hotels located in major markets and resort locations.

As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned 28 hotel properties with approximately 8,100 rooms, located in 13 states.  The Company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, owned a 100% interest in 25 hotel properties, a 95% controlling interest in The Knickerbocker, and 50% interests in entities owning two hotel properties. The Company consolidates its real estate interests in the 26 hotel properties in which it holds a controlling financial interest, and the Company records the real estate interests in the two hotels in which it holds an indirect 50% interest using the equity method of accounting. The Company leases 27 of its 28 hotel properties to subsidiaries of RLJ LP.

COVID-19

The Company's hotel property-owning subsidiaries (the “Lessors”) lease the hotel properties to property-operating lessees owned by TRS subsidiaries of RLJ (the “Lessees”). The Company receives related party lease revenue from these lease agreements, including percentage rent. The percentage rent amounts are calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues and other revenues at the hotel properties. The global outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the public health measures that have been undertaken in response have had, and will likely continue to have, a material adverse impact on the Company's financial results and liquidity, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the containment of such outbreak and vaccination distribution. Since the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact our operations will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, the Company cannot estimate the impact on its business, financial condition or near- or longer-term financial or operational results with reasonable certainty.

The Company had previously announced RLJ's suspension of operations at 13 of the Company's hotel properties. As government mandated stay-in-place restrictions were lifted, RLJ, for itself and on behalf of the Company, developed a framework to open the suspended hotels. RLJ had reopened 10 of the Company's hotel properties as of December 31, 2020, and subsequent to the end of the year has reopened one additional hotel property. RLJ continues to evaluate reopening the remaining two suspended hotel properties based on market conditions. The remaining suspended hotel properties are located within the central business districts of New York City and San Francisco. In the markets where stay-in-place restrictions are reinstated, RLJ would consider temporarily re-suspending hotel operations where demand is inadequate.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted abatements on base rent for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company owes the Lessees $0.5 million for reimbursement of rent as of December 31, 2020, which is included in related party rent payable on the consolidated balance sheet.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, RLJ LP contributed $50.0 million to the Company to ensure that the Company can service its debt and maintain its operations. In addition, given the impact on lodging demand, the Company has taken various actions to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operating results and to preserve liquidity. Measures the Company has taken include:

Capital Investment Reduction:  The Company reduced its 2020 capital expenditure program by deferring all capital investments, other than completing projects that were substantially underway and nearing completion.

Return on Investment ("ROI") Project Suspensions:  The Company suspended most of the 2020 ROI projects.



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2.              Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
 
The consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP").

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rangers, FelCor LP and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and joint ventures in which the Company has a majority voting interest and control. For the controlled subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned, the third-party ownership interest represents a noncontrolling interest, which is presented separately in the consolidated financial statements. The Company also records the real estate interests in two joint ventures in which it holds an indirect 50% interest using the equity method of accounting. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities and the amounts of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.

Investment in Hotel Properties
 
The Company’s acquisitions generally consist of land, land improvements, buildings, building improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment ("FF&E"), and inventory. The Company may also acquire intangible assets or liabilities related to in-place leases, management agreements, franchise agreements and advanced bookings.  The Company allocates the purchase price among the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company estimates the fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed by using a combination of the market, cost and income approaches. The Company determines the fair value by using market data and independent appraisals available to us and making numerous estimates and assumptions, such as estimates of future income growth, capitalization rates, discount rates, capital expenditures and cash flow projections at the respective hotel properties. Transaction costs are expensed for acquisitions that are considered business combinations and capitalized for asset acquisitions.

The Company’s investments in hotel properties are carried at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 15 years for land improvements, 15 years for building improvements, 40 years for buildings and three to five years for FF&E. Maintenance and repairs are expensed and major renewals or improvements to the hotel properties are capitalized. Indirect project costs, including interest, salaries and benefits, travel and other related costs that are directly attributable to the development, are also capitalized. Upon the sale or disposition of a hotel property, the asset and related accumulated depreciation accounts are removed and the related gain or loss is included in the gain or loss on sale of hotel properties in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. A sale or disposition of a hotel property that represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results is presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

In accordance with the guidance on impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, the Company does not consider the "held for sale" classification on the consolidated balance sheet until it is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year and the other requisite criteria for such classification have been met. The Company does not depreciate assets so long as they are classified as held for sale. Upon designation as held for sale and quarterly thereafter, the Company reviews the realizability of the carrying value, less costs to sell, in accordance with the guidance. Any such adjustment to the carrying value is recorded as an impairment loss.

The Company assesses the carrying value of its investments in hotel properties whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. The recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount to the projected undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated from the operations and the eventual disposition of the hotel properties over the estimated hold period, which take into account current market conditions and the Company’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties. If the Company’s analysis indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable on a projected undiscounted cash flow basis, the Company will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including internally developed discounted cash flow models, comparable market transactions, third-party appraisals, the net sales proceeds from pending offers, or the net sales proceeds from transactions that closed subsequent to the end of the
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reporting period. The use of projected future cash flows is based on assumptions that are consistent with a market participant’s future expectations for the travel industry and the economy in general, including discount rates, sales proceeds in the reversion year, average daily rates, occupancy rates, operating expenses and capital expenditures, and the Company's intent with respect to holding or disposing of the underlying hotel properties. Fair value may also be based on assumptions including, but not limited to, room revenue multiples and comparable sales adjusted for capital expenditures, if necessary.

Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

If the Company determines that it does not have a controlling financial interest in a joint venture, either through a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity or through the Company's voting interest in a voting interest entity, but the Company exercises significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the joint venture, the Company accounts for the joint venture using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company's investment is adjusted each reporting period to recognize the Company's share of the net earnings or losses of the joint venture, plus any contributions to the joint venture, less any distributions received from the joint venture and any adjustment for impairment. In addition, the Company's share of the net earnings or losses of the joint venture is adjusted for the straight-line depreciation of the difference between the Company's basis in the investment in the unconsolidated joint venture as compared to the historical basis of the underlying net assets in the joint venture at the date of acquisition.

The Company assesses the carrying value of its investment in unconsolidated joint ventures whenever events or changes in circumstances may indicate that the carrying value of the investment exceeds its fair value on an other-than-temporary basis. When an impairment indicator is present, the Company will estimate the fair value of the investment, which will be determined by using internally developed discounted cash flow models, comparable market transactions, third-party appraisals, the net sales proceeds from pending offers, or the net sales proceeds from transactions that closed subsequent to the end of the reporting period. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, and management determines that the decline in value is considered to be other-than-temporary, the Company will recognize an impairment loss on its investment in the joint venture.

The Company evaluates the nature of the distributions from each of its unconsolidated joint ventures in order to classify the distributions as either operating activities or investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Any cash distribution that is considered to be a distribution of the earnings of the unconsolidated joint venture is presented as an operating activity in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Any cash distribution that is considered to be a return of capital from the unconsolidated joint venture is presented as an investing activity in the consolidated statements of cash flows. 

Intangible Assets

In a business combination, the Company may acquire intangible assets related to in-place leases, management agreements, franchise agreements, advanced bookings, and other intangible assets. The Company recognizes each of the intangible assets at fair value. The Company estimates the fair value of the intangible assets by using market data and independent appraisals, and by making numerous estimates and assumptions. The below market lease intangible assets are amortized over the remaining terms of the respective leases as adjustments to rental expense in property tax, insurance and other in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The advanced bookings intangible assets are amortized over the duration of the hotel room and guest event reservations period at the respective hotel property to depreciation and amortization in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The other intangible assets are amortized over the remaining non-cancelable term of the related agreement, or the useful life of the respective intangible asset, to depreciation and amortization in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

The Company assesses the carrying value of the intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. The recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, which take into account current market conditions and the Company’s intent with respect to holding or disposing of the hotel properties. If the Company’s analysis indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, the Company will recognize an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including internally developed discounted cash flow models or third-party appraisals. The use of projected future cash flows is based on assumptions that are consistent with a market participant's future expectations for the travel industry and the economy in general, including discount rates, market rent, and the Company's intent with respect to holding or disposing of the underlying hotel properties.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all cash and highly liquid investments that mature three months or less when they are purchased. The Company maintains its cash at domestic banks, which, at times, may exceed the limits of the amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Restricted Cash Reserves

Restricted cash reserves consist of all cash that is required to be maintained in a reserve escrow account by a management agreement, franchise agreement and/or a mortgage loan agreement for the replacement of FF&E and the funding of real estate taxes and insurance.

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred financing costs are the costs incurred to obtain long-term financing. The deferred financing costs are recorded at cost and are amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the respective term of the financing agreement and are included as a component of interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The Company expenses unamortized deferred financing costs when the associated financing agreement is refinanced or repaid before the maturity date, unless certain criteria are met that would allow for the carryover of such costs to the refinanced agreement. The Company presents the deferred financing costs for its mortgage loans on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the respective debt liability, which is included in debt, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, approximately $0.2 million, $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of amortization expense was recorded as a component of interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

Transaction Costs

The Company incurs costs during the review of potential hotel property acquisitions and dispositions, including legal fees and other professional service fees. In addition, if the Company completes a hotel property acquisition, the Company may incur transfer taxes and integration costs, including professional fees and employee-related costs. If the Company completes a hotel property acquisition that is considered to be an asset acquisition, the transaction costs are capitalized on the consolidated balance sheets. If the Company completes a hotel property acquisition that is considered to be a business combination, the transaction costs are expensed as incurred in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Leases

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) using the modified retrospective transition approach. This ASU provides the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e. lessees and lessors). The comparative historical periods will be presented in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.

Lessors

As a lessor in a lease contract, the Company classifies its leases as either an operating lease, direct financing lease, or a sales-type lease. The Company's hotel properties are leased through intercompany lease contracts between the Lessors and the Lessees. As a result of the distribution of the equity interests in FelCor TRS to RLJ LP, the Lessees' lease payments pursuant to the leases are no longer eliminated in consolidation. The Company classifies these lease contracts as operating leases, so the Company will continue to recognize the underlying leased asset as an investment in hotel properties on the consolidated balance sheets. Base lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Percentage lease revenue is recognized over the lease term when it is earned and becomes receivable from the Lessees, according to the provisions of the respective lease contracts. The Company only capitalizes the incremental direct costs of leasing, so any indirect costs of leasing will be expensed as incurred. The Lessees are in compliance with their rental obligations under their respective lease agreements.

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On April 10, 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued a Staff Q&A to respond to some frequently asked questions about accounting for lease concessions related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, for concessions related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, an entity will not have to analyze each contract to determine whether enforceable rights and obligations for concessions exist in the contract and can elect to apply or not apply the lease modification guidance to those contracts. Entities may make the elections for any lessor-provided concessions related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., deferrals of lease payments, cash payments made to the lessee, reduced future lease payments) as long as the concession does not result in a substantial increase in the rights of the lessor or the obligations of the lessee.

As a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Lessees, the Company made the determination to abate base rent for the three months ended June 30, 2020; for the three months ended September 30, 2020; and for the three months ended December 31, 2020. The Lessees have received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company owes the Lessees $0.5 million for reimbursement of rent as of December 31, 2020, which is included in related party rent payable on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company has elected to not evaluate whether these rent abatements are lease modifications. The Company has elected to not apply the lease modification guidance to the rent abatements, and, as such, the Company has recognized the rent abatements as negative variable lease revenue during the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of lease concessions and/or abatements and the appropriate accounting.

Lessees

As a lessee in a lease contract, the Company recognizes a lease right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company is a lessee in a variety of lease contracts, such as ground leases, parking leases, office leases and equipment leases. The Company classifies its leases as either an operating lease or a finance lease based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase of the leased asset. For operating leases, the Company recognizes lease expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. For finance leases, the Company recognizes lease expense on the effective interest method, which results in the interest component of each lease payment being recognized as interest expense and the lease right-of-use asset being amortized into amortization expense using the straight-line method over the term of the lease. For leases with an initial term of 12 months or less, the Company will not recognize a lease right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the consolidated balance sheet and lease expense will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

At the lease commencement date, the Company determines the lease term by incorporating the fixed, non-cancelable lease term plus any lease extension option terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised. The ability to extend the lease term is at the Company's sole discretion. The Company calculates the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term in order to determine the lease liability and the related lease right-of-use asset that is recognized on the consolidated balance sheet.

Certain lease contracts may include an option to purchase the leased property, which is at the Company's sole discretion. The Company's lease contracts do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The Company's leases include a base lease payment, which is recognized as lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In addition, certain of the Company's leases may include an additional lease payment that is based on either (i) a percentage of the respective hotel property's financial results or (ii) the frequency to which the leased asset is used; all of which are recognized as variable lease expense, when incurred, in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The variable lease expense incurred by the Company was not based on an index or rate.

The Company will use the implicit rate in a lease contract in order to determine the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term.  If the implicit rate in the lease contract is not available, then the Company will use its incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date.  The Company determined its incremental borrowing rate for each lease contract by using the U.S. Treasury interest rates yield curve, and then making adjustments for the lease term, the Company’s credit spread, the Company’s ability to borrow on a secured basis, the quality and condition of the leased asset and the current economic environment. 

Noncontrolling Interests

The consolidated financial statements include all subsidiaries controlled by the Company. For the controlled subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned, the third-party ownership interest represents a noncontrolling interest, which is presented separately in the consolidated financial statements.

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As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, Rangers owned 99.0% of the partnership interests in FelCor LP. Rangers consolidates FelCor LP for financial reporting purposes as a result of its controlling financial interest. Rangers GP's 1.0% partnership interest in FelCor LP is recognized as a noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP in the equity section of the consolidated balance sheets of Rangers. The portion of the income and losses associated with Rangers GP's partnership interest are included in the noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company consolidated the joint venture that owns The Knickerbocker hotel property; this joint venture has a 5% third-party ownership interest in the joint venture. The third-party ownership interest is included in the noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures in the equity section of the consolidated balance sheets. The income and losses associated with the third-party ownership interest are included in the noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

Income Taxes

The Company is considered to be a partnership for income tax purposes, and is not subject to federal, state, or local income taxes. Any taxable income or loss will be recognized by the partners. Accordingly, no federal, state, or local income taxes have been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Significant differences may exist between the results of operations reported in these consolidated financial statements and those determined for income tax purposes primarily due to the use of different asset valuation methods for tax purposes.

The partnership files tax returns as prescribed by the tax laws of the United States of America, the jurisdiction in which it operates. In the normal course of business, the partnership is subject to examination by federal, state, and local jurisdictions, where applicable.

The Company performs an annual review for any uncertain tax positions and, if necessary, will record the expected future tax consequences of uncertain tax positions in the consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
 
In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which modifies the measurement approach for credit losses on financial assets measured on an amortized cost basis from an "incurred loss" method to an "expected loss" method. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-11, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses. The Company adopted this new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The guidance modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing or modifying some of the disclosures, while also adding new disclosures. The Company adopted this new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The guidance provides optional expedients for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") or another reference rate expected to be discontinued at the end of 2021 because of reference rate reform. The guidance is effective immediately and expires on December 31, 2022. Based on the Company's assessment, the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

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3.              Investment in Hotel Properties
 
Investment in hotel properties consisted of the following (in thousands):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Land and improvements$501,448 $500,618 
Buildings and improvements1,481,983 1,461,525 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment143,546 135,400 
 2,126,977 2,097,543 
Accumulated depreciation(225,333)(150,717)
Investment in hotel properties, net$1,901,644 $1,946,826 
 
For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized depreciation expense related to its investment in hotel properties of approximately $74.6 million, $71.9 million and $77.9 million, respectively.

4.              Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
 
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company owned 50% interests in joint ventures that owned two hotel properties. During the year ended December 31, 2020, one of the unconsolidated joint ventures did not exercise its right to extend the term of the ground lease. Accordingly, the ground lease will terminate on October 31, 2021 and the property will revert to the ground lessor at that time. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $6.5 million to write down the Company's investment in this joint venture. The impairment loss is included in equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

The Company accounts for the investments in these unconsolidated joint ventures under the equity method of accounting. The Company makes adjustments to the equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures related to the difference between the Company's basis in the investment in the unconsolidated joint ventures as compared to the historical basis of the assets and liabilities of the joint ventures. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the unconsolidated entities' debt consisted entirely of non-recourse mortgage debt.

The following table summarizes the components of the Company's investments in unconsolidated joint ventures (in thousands):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Equity basis of the joint venture investments$(6,687)$(4,236)
Cost of the joint venture investments in excess of the joint venture book value13,485 19,407 
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures$6,798 $15,171 

The following table summarizes the components of the Company's equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures (in thousands):
For the year ended December 31,
 202020192018
Operating (loss) income$(932)$1,935 $2,514 
Depreciation of cost in excess of book value(995)(1,119)(1,119)
Impairment loss(6,546)  
Equity in (loss) income from unconsolidated joint ventures$(8,473)$816 $1,395 

5.            Sale of Hotel Properties
 
The Company sold no hotel properties during the year ended December 31, 2020.

In connection with the sale of hotel properties for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded a net loss of $21.5 million and a net gain of $18.4 million, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company sold two hotel properties in one transaction for a total
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sale price of approximately $147.4 million.

The following table discloses the hotel properties that were sold during the year ended December 31, 2019:
Hotel Property NameLocationSale DateRooms
Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach - Oceanfront ResortMyrtle Beach, SCJune 27, 2019255 
Hilton Myrtle Beach ResortMyrtle Beach, SCJune 27, 2019385 
Total640 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company sold six hotel properties for a total sale price of approximately $516.5 million.

The following table discloses the hotel properties that were sold during the year ended December 31, 2018:
Hotel Property NameLocationSale DateRooms
Embassy Suites Boston MarlboroughMarlborough, MAFebruary 21, 2018229 
Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill HotelPhiladelphia, PAMarch 27, 2018364 
Embassy Suites Napa ValleyNapa, CAJuly 13, 2018205 
The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf ClubSt. Petersburg, FLAugust 28, 2018362 
DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington VermontBurlington, VTSeptember 27, 2018309 
Holiday Inn San Francisco - Fisherman's WharfSan Francisco, CAOctober 15, 2018585 
Total2,054 

6.              Debt
 
The Company's debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
Outstanding Borrowings at
Number of Assets EncumberedInterest Rate Maturity DateDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Senior notes (1)(2)(3)6.00%June 2025$495,759 $500,484 
Mortgage loan (4)34.95%October 202286,775 89,299 
Mortgage loan (5)14.94%October 202227,972 28,785 
Mortgage loan (1)(6)31.74%April 2024(7)96,000 96,000 
7706,506 714,568 
Deferred financing costs, net(643)(841)
Debt, net$705,863 $713,727 

(1)Requires payments of interest only through maturity.
(2)The Senior Notes (as defined below) include $20.9 million and $25.6 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to fair value adjustments that RLJ pushed down to the Company's consolidated financial statements as a result of the Mergers.
(3)The Company has the option to redeem the Senior Notes at a price of 103.0% of face value.
(4)Includes $0.9 million and $1.4 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to fair value adjustments on the mortgage loans that RLJ pushed down to the Company's consolidated financial statements as a result of the Mergers.
(5)Includes $0.3 million and $0.4 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to a fair value adjustment on the mortgage loan that RLJ pushed down to the Company's consolidated financial statements as a result of the Mergers.
(6)The hotels encumbered by the mortgage loan are cross-collateralized.
(7)The mortgage loan provides two one year extension options.

If an event of default under the indenture governing the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Senior Notes") exists, the Company is not permitted to (i) incur additional indebtedness, except to refinance maturing debt with replacement debt, as defined under the Company's indentures; (ii) pay dividends in excess of the minimum distributions required to qualify as a REIT; (iii) repurchase capital stock; or (iv) merge. The Senior Notes are subject to a maximum unsecured leverage maintenance covenant, which is based on asset value that is calculated at historical cost.

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In addition, the Senior Notes are subject to various incurrence covenants that limit the ability of the Company to incur additional debt if these covenants are violated. Failure to meet these incurrence covenant thresholds does not, in and of itself, constitute an event of default under the Senior Notes indenture. As of December 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all covenants except the interest coverage ratio, which, as a result, currently prohibits the Company from incurring additional debt until such ratio becomes compliant. As of December 31, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants.

Certain mortgage agreements are subject to various maintenance covenants requiring the Company to maintain a minimum
debt yield or debt service coverage ratio ("DSCR"). Failure to meet the debt yield or DSCR thresholds is not an event of
default, but instead triggers a cash trap event. During the cash trap event, the lender or servicer of the mortgage loan controls
cash outflows until the loan is covenant compliant. In addition, certain mortgage loans have other requirements including
continued operation and maintenance of the hotel property. At December 31, 2020, two mortgage loans failed to meet the DSCR threshold and were in cash trap events. The Company was in compliance with all other maintenance covenants associated with the other mortgage loan at December 31, 2020 and 2019.

Interest Expense

During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $31.2 million, $31.9 million and $37.9 million of interest expense, respectively.

Future Minimum Principal Payments

As of December 31, 2020, the future minimum principal payments were as follows (in thousands):
2021$2,603 
2022110,997 
2023 
202496,000 
2025474,888 
Total (1)$684,488 

(1)Excludes a total of $22.0 million related to fair value adjustments on debt.
  
7. Related Party Debt

In November 2018, the Company's consolidated joint venture entered into an $85.0 million related party mortgage loan with RLJ LP, which is included in related party debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The related party
mortgage loan has an interest rate of LIBOR + 3.00% and a maturity date of November 9, 2023. The related party mortgage
loan requires payments of interest only through maturity. The hotel property owned by the Company's consolidated joint
venture is encumbered by the related party mortgage loan.

During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $3.1 million, $4.5 million, and $0.7 million of interest expense, respectively, related to its related party loan with RLJ LP.

8.              Fair Value
 
Fair Value Measurement
 
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in the principal or most advantageous market.  The fair value hierarchy has three levels of inputs, both observable and unobservable:
 
Level 1 — Inputs include quoted market prices in an active market for identical assets or liabilities.
 
Level 2 — Inputs are market data, other than Level 1, that are observable either directly or indirectly.  Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted market prices in an inactive market, and other observable information that can be corroborated by market data.

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Level 3 — Inputs are unobservable and corroborated by little or no market data. 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
The Company used the following market assumptions and/or estimation methods:
 
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash reserves, accounts payable and other liabilities — The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximate fair value because of their short term maturities.
 
Debt — The Senior Notes had an estimated fair value of approximately $484.2 million and $497.8 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company estimated the fair value of the Senior Notes by using publicly available trading prices, which are Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The mortgage loans had an estimated fair value of approximately $204.7 million and $216.5 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company estimated the fair value of the mortgage loans by using a discounted cash flow model and incorporating various inputs and assumptions for the effective borrowing rates for debt with similar terms and the loan to estimated fair value of the collateral, which are Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The total estimated fair value of the Company's debt was $688.9 million and $714.3 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The total carrying value of the Company's debt was $705.9 million and $713.7 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Related Party Debt — The Company's related party mortgage loan with RLJ LP had an estimated fair value of approximately $84.0 million and $86.9 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company estimated the fair value of the mortgage loan by using a discounted cash flow model and incorporating various inputs and assumptions for the effective borrowing rates for debt with similar terms and the loan to estimated fair value of the collateral, which are Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The total carrying value of the Company's related party debt was $85.0 million at both December 31, 2020 and 2019.
 
9.       Commitments and Contingencies
 
Operating Leases

Lessors

As a lessor, the Company will receive lease revenue from the Lessees under its lease contracts. The lease contracts contain a specific base rent amount or a percentage rent amount, which is calculated based on a percentage of room revenues, food and beverage revenues, and other revenues at the hotel properties. The lease contracts will expire in 2021 (one hotel), 2022 (24 hotels) and thereafter (one hotel).

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lessees negotiated for and were granted abatements on base rent for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Lessees received a total abatement on base rent of $52.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company has recognized the rent abatements as negative variable lease revenue during the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company owes the Lessees $0.5 million for reimbursement of rent as of December 31, 2020, which is included in related party rent payable on the consolidated balance sheet.

The lease revenue recognized during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 consisted of the following:
For the year ended December 31,
20202019
Lease revenue relating to lease payments (1)$19,257 $56,796 
Lease revenue relating to percentage rent lease payments4,611 139,899 
Total related party lease revenue$23,868 $196,695 

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The future lease payments to the Company under the noncancelable operating leases were as follows (in thousands):

December 31, 2020
2021$69,532 
202251,750 
2023 
2024 
2025 
Thereafter 
Total$121,282 

Advance to Lessee - Related Party

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company's consolidated joint venture provided a $2.7 million advance to its Lessee as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Lessee's operations. This advance is included in advance to Lessee - related party in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Lessees
 
As a lessee, as of December 31, 2020, six of the Company's hotel properties were subject to ground leases that cover the land underlying the respective hotels. The ground leases are classified as operating leases. The total ground lease expense was $7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, which consisted of $6.6 million of fixed lease expense and $0.6 million of variable lease expense. The total ground lease expense was $10.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, which consisted of $6.6 million of fixed lease expense and $3.6 million of variable lease expense. The total ground lease expense was $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. The total ground lease expense is included in property tax, insurance and other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

The Company's ground leases consisted of the following (in millions):

Ground Lease Expense
For the year ended December 31,
Hotel Property NameInitial Term ExpirationExtension Term(s) Expiration202020192018 (1)
Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill2028$0.4 $0.9 $0.9 
Wyndham San Diego Bayside20294.1 4.8 4.8 
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista203220570.3 0.9 0.8 
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center203820830.7 0.7 0.8 
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport Waterfront20591.2 2.4 2.3 
Wyndham New Orleans French Quarter20650.5 0.5 0.5 
$7.2 $10.2 $10.1 

(1) Excludes $6.5 million of ground lease expense related to hotel properties sold during the year ended December 31, 2018.
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The future lease payments for the Company's operating leases are as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2020
2021$4,909 
20224,968 
20234,990 
20245,011 
20255,033 
Thereafter108,974 
Total future lease payments133,885 
Imputed interest(87,310)
Lease liabilities$46,575 


The following table presents certain information related to the Company's operating leases as of December 31, 2020:
Weighted average remaining lease term32 years
Weighted average discount rate6.85 %

Restricted Cash Reserves
 
The Company is obligated to maintain cash reserve funds for future capital expenditures at the hotels (including the periodic replacement or refurbishment of FF&E) as determined pursuant to the management agreements, franchise agreements and/or mortgage loan documents. The management agreements, franchise agreements and/or mortgage loan documents require the Company to reserve cash ranging typically from 4.0% to 5.0% of the individual hotel’s revenues. Any unexpended amounts will remain the property of the Company upon termination of the management agreements, franchise agreements or mortgage loan documents. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, approximately $3.9 million and $4.1 million, respectively, was available in the restricted cash reserves for future capital expenditures, real estate taxes and insurance.

Litigation
 
Other than the legal proceeding mentioned below, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is currently involved in any regulatory or legal proceedings that management believes will have a material and adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Prior to the Mergers, an affiliate of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("IHG"), which previously managed three of the Company’s hotels (two of which were sold in 2006, and one of which was converted into a Wyndham brand and operation in 2013), notified the Company that the National Retirement Fund ("NRF") in which the employees at those hotels had participated had assessed a withdrawal liability of $8.3 million, with required quarterly payments including interest, in connection with the termination of IHG’s operation of those hotels. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company settled the dispute with IHG and NRF and released an accrued liability of $1.8 million, which is included as a benefit to general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

10.      Equity

Rangers Ownership Interests/FelCor LP Partnership Interests

As of December 31, 2020, RLJ LP owned 100% of the ownership interests and was the sole managing member of Rangers. In addition, Rangers owned, through indirect interests, 99.0% of the partnership interests in FelCor LP. Rangers consolidates FelCor LP for financial reporting purposes as a result of its controlling financial interest. Rangers GP's 1.0% partnership interest in FelCor LP is recognized as a noncontrolling interest in FelCor LP on the consolidated balance sheets of Rangers.

Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Joint Ventures

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The Company consolidates the joint venture that owns The Knickerbocker, which has a third-party partner that owns a noncontrolling 5% ownership interest in the joint venture. The third-party ownership interest is included in the noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures on the consolidated balance sheets.

Consolidated Joint Venture Preferred Equity

The Company's joint venture that redeveloped The Knickerbocker raised $45.0 million ($44.4 million net of issuance costs) through the sale of redeemable preferred equity under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The purchasers received a 3.25% annual return, plus a 0.25% non-compounding annual return that was paid upon redemption. On February 15, 2019, the Company redeemed the preferred equity in full.

11. Income Taxes

The Company is considered to be a partnership for income tax purposes, and is not subject to federal, state, or local income taxes. Any taxable income or loss will be recognized by the partners. Accordingly, no federal, state, or local income taxes have been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements with respect to the Company.

The Company retains an ownership of one taxable REIT subsidiary related to one hotel property (the "TRS Sub") which is treated as a C-corporation for income tax purposes. The TRS Sub pays federal, state and local income taxes on its net taxable income, and any after-tax net income will be available for distribution to the Company but it is not required to be distributed.

The Company accounts for income taxes of the TRS Sub using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases, and for net operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. The deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted income tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be realized or settled. The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period when the net rate is enacted. However, deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is more likely than not that they will be realized based on consideration of all available evidence, including the future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, future projected taxable income and tax planning strategies.

The provision for income taxes of the TRS Sub is different from the amount of income tax (benefit) expense that is determined by applying the applicable U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to pretax income as a result of the following differences (in thousands):
For the year ended December 31,
202020192018
Expected TRS Sub federal tax (benefit) expense at statutory rate$(27,622)$5,207 $15,746 
Tax impact of REIT election25,989 (4,049)(14,805)
Expected TRS Sub tax (benefit) expense(1,633)1,158 941 
Change in valuation allowance2,136 (1,085)(363)
Permanent items  85 
Impact of provision to return(503)(73)(663)
TRS Sub income tax expense$ $ $ 

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The TRS Sub's deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of the differences between the book and tax basis of the assets and liabilities. The deferred tax assets (liabilities) of the TRS Sub include the following (in thousands):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Deferred tax liabilities:
Partnership basis$(3,797)$(3,125)
Deferred tax liabilities$(3,797)$(3,125)
Deferred tax assets:
Property and equipment$8,413 $8,436 
Net operating loss carryforwards10,509 7,517 
Federal historic tax credits631 631 
Other deferred tax assets 160 
Valuation allowance(15,756)(13,619)
Deferred tax assets$3,797 $3,125 

Deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is more likely than not that they will be realized based on the consideration of all available evidence, including the future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, future projected taxable income, and tax planning strategies. Valuation allowances are provided if, based upon the weight of the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company would record a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets to the amount that is most likely to be utilized in future periods to offset taxable income. Based upon the available objective evidence at December 31, 2020, the Company determined it was more
likely than not that the deferred tax assets of the TRS Sub would not be utilized in future periods. The Company considered all available evidence, both positive and negative, including cumulative losses in recent years and its current forecast of future income in its analysis. As a result, the Company recognized a full valuation allowance related to the TRS Sub's net deferred tax asset. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had a valuation allowance of approximately $15.8 million and $13.6 million, respectively, related to net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards, historic tax credits, and other deferred tax assets of the TRS Sub. The realization of the deferred tax assets associated with the TRS Sub's NOLs and historic tax credits is dependent on projections of future taxable income. The TRS Sub’s historic results and the cyclical nature of the lodging industry led the Company to conclude future taxable income is uncertain. Accordingly, no provision or benefit for deferred income taxes is reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

The TRS Sub's NOLs and historic tax credits begin to expire in 2036. Additionally, the annual utilization of these NOLs and historic tax credits is limited pursuant to Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Company is subject to examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and various state and local jurisdictions. The tax years subject to examination vary by jurisdiction. With few exceptions, as of December 31, 2020, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal or state and local tax examinations by tax authorities for the tax years of 2016 and before.

The Company had no accruals for tax uncertainties as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.

12. Segment Information
The Company separately evaluates the performance of each of its hotel properties. However, because each of the hotels has similar economic characteristics, facilities, and services, the hotel properties have been aggregated into a single operating segment.

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13.       Supplemental Information to the Statements of Cash Flows

The following supplemental information to the Statements of Cash Flows is for both Rangers and FelCor LP (in thousands): 
For the year ended December 31,
202020192018
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves
Cash and cash equivalents$61,766 $19,572 $21,351 
Restricted cash reserves3,882 4,147 3,211 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves$65,648 $23,719 $24,562 
Interest paid$36,497 $37,163 $54,298 
Interest paid to a related party$3,148 $4,159 $887 
Income taxes refunded$(39)$ $(1,770)
Operating cash flow lease payments for operating leases$5,365 $8,401 
Supplemental investing and financing transactions
In conjunction with the sale of hotel properties, the Company recorded the following:
Sale of hotel properties$ $147,377 $516,450 
Purchase option for land subject to a ground lease  (44,831)
Transaction costs(48)(2,394)(26,400)
Operating prorations (536)68 
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net$(48)$144,447 $445,287 
Supplemental non-cash transactions
Accrued capital expenditures$2,803 $5,257 $5,345 

 
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Rangers Sub I, LLC and FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2020
(amounts in thousands)
Initial CostsCosts Capitalized Subsequent to AcquisitionGross Amount at December 31, 2020
DescriptionDebtLand &
Improvements
Building &
Improvements
Land, Building &
Improvements
Land &
Improvements
Buildings &
Improvements
Total (1)Accumulated
Depreciation
Date
Acquired
Depreciation
Life
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Austin$ $7,072 $50,827 $1,049 $7,225 $51,723 $58,948 $4,380 201715 - 40 years
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando - Lake Buena Vista 896 44,508 981 989 45,396 46,385 4,006 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Atlanta - Buckhead 31,279 46,015 8,006 31,479 53,821 85,300 4,485 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Birmingham21,130 10,495 33,568 641 10,512 34,192 44,704 3,020 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Dallas - Love Field25,000 6,408 34,694 1,645 6,413 36,334 42,747 3,092 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach - Resort & Spa27,972 7,527 56,128 3,772 7,815 59,612 67,427 5,133 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale 17th Street31,673 30,933 54,592 3,190 31,277 57,438 88,715 5,195 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Los Angeles - International Airport South50,000 13,110 94,733 1,841 13,168 96,516 109,684 8,183 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach - Hotel & Resort 35,769 53,280 5,143 35,865 58,327 94,192 5,030 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Miami - International Airport 14,765 18,099 3,336 15,057 21,143 36,200 2,158 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Milpitas Silicon Valley 43,157 26,399 12,887 43,369 39,074 82,443 3,716 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Minneapolis - Airport33,972 7,248 41,202 17,148 9,673 55,925 65,598 5,887 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Orlando - International Drive South/Convention Center 4,743 37,687 1,402 4,923 38,909 43,832 3,420 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Phoenix - Biltmore21,000 24,680 24,487 2,833 24,783 27,217 52,000 2,500 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport - South San Francisco 39,616 55,163 14,167 39,683 69,263 108,946 5,888 201715 - 40 years
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport - Waterfront 3,698 85,270 4,076 4,054 88,990 93,044 8,293 201715 - 40 years
San Francisco Marriott Union Square 46,773 107,841 13,148 46,883 120,879 167,762 10,849 201715 - 40 years
The Knickerbocker New York (2)85,000 113,613 119,453 1,626 113,622 121,070 234,692 10,113 201715 - 40 years
The Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel 9,599 68,932 989 9,601 69,919 79,520 5,878 201715 - 40 years
Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill 174 51,934 1,552 178 53,482 53,660 15,955 20179 years
Wyndham Houston - Medical Center Hotel & Suites 7,776 43,475 278 7,806 43,723 51,529 3,723 201715 - 40 years
Wyndham New Orleans - French Quarter 300 72,711 736 300 73,447 73,747 6,225 201715 - 40 years
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Initial CostsCosts Capitalized Subsequent to AcquisitionGross Amount at December 31, 2020
DescriptionDebtLand &
Improvements
Building &
Improvements
Land, Building &
Improvements
Land &
Improvements
Buildings &
Improvements
Total (1)Accumulated
Depreciation
Date
Acquired
Depreciation
Life
Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District 8,367 51,914 713 8,405 52,589 60,994 4,452 201715 - 40 years
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center 154 31,625 365 158 31,986 32,144 2,696 201715 - 40 years
Wyndham San Diego Bayside 989 29,440 5,154 1,129 34,454 35,583 8,807 201710 years
Wyndham Santa Monica At The Pier 27,054 45,866 715 27,081 46,554 73,635 3,965 201715 - 40 years
$295,747 $496,195 $1,379,843 $107,393 $501,448 $1,481,983 $1,983,431 $147,049 

(1) The aggregate cost of real estate for federal income tax purposes was approximately $1.9 billion at December 31, 2020.
(2) In November 2018, the Company's consolidated joint venture entered into an $85.0 million related party mortgage loan with RLJ LP.
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The change in the total cost of the hotel properties is as follows:
202020192018
Reconciliation of Land and Buildings and Improvements
Balance at beginning of period $1,962,143 $2,087,622 $2,398,753 
Add: Improvements21,288 38,256 45,726 
Less: Sale of hotel properties (163,735)(356,857)
Balance at end of period $1,983,431 $1,962,143 $2,087,622 

The change in the accumulated depreciation of the real estate assets is as follows:
202020192018
Reconciliation of Accumulated Depreciation
Balance at beginning of period$(100,754)$(60,867)$(18,533)
Add: Depreciation for the period(46,295)(46,012)(51,387)
Less: Sale of hotel properties 6,125 9,053 
Balance at end of period$(147,049)$(100,754)$(60,867)

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