CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Revenues:
Gaming	$ 997,613	$ 932,894	$ 834,857
Food and beverage	69,383	64,414	55,152
Lodging	37,993	36,322	34,562
Retail, entertainment and other	36,209	24,938	24,055
Total revenues	1,141,198	1,058,568	948,626
Expenses and other costs:
Gaming	563,889	530,841	497,530
Food and beverage	69,646	65,286	53,789
Lodging	20,982	21,668	22,184
Retail, entertainment and other	21,099	10,762	10,830
General and administrative	220,129	222,605	214,543
Depreciation and amortization	103,863	109,745	95,376
Pre-opening and development costs	8,817	13,649	16,608
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets	0	11,500	0
Impairment of land and development costs	0	23,662	24,093
Impairment of buildings, riverboats and equipment	0	366	9,095
Write-downs, reserves and recoveries, net	4,163	(3,701)	1,211
Total expenses and other costs	1,012,588	1,006,383	945,259
Operating income	128,610	52,185	3,367
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(95,705)	(103,093)	(70,327)
Gain on sale of equity securities	0	0	12,914
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(183)	(1,852)	(9,467)
Loss from equity method investment	(588)	0	0
Other non-operating income	397	226	178
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	32,531	(52,534)	(63,335)
Income tax benefit (expense)	(2,335)	11,693	284
Income (loss) from continuing operations	30,196	(40,841)	(63,051)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(32,735)	17,422	(195,251)
Net loss	$ (2,539)	$ (23,419)	$ (258,302)
Net loss per common share - basic
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ 0.49	$ (0.67)	$ (1.05)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (0.53)	$ 0.29	$ (3.25)
Net loss per common share-basic	$ (0.04)	$ (0.38)	$ (4.30)
Net loss per common share - diluted
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ 0.48	$ (0.67)	$ (1.05)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (0.52)	$ 0.29	$ (3.25)
Net loss per common share-diluted	$ (0.04)	$ (0.38)	$ (4.30)
Number of shares - basic	61,989	60,872	60,056
Number of shares - diluted	62,467	60,872	60,056