CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Revenues:
Gaming	$ 1,042,515	$ 997,613	$ 932,894
Food and beverage	74,551	69,383	64,414
Lodging	39,426	37,993	36,322
Retail, entertainment and other	40,611	36,209	24,938
Total revenues	1,197,103	1,141,198	1,058,568
Expenses and other costs:
Gaming	588,646	575,265	541,052
Food and beverage	64,537	60,748	57,636
Lodging	20,626	19,178	19,996
Retail, entertainment and other	22,010	20,847	10,384
General and administrative	224,918	219,707	222,094
Depreciation and amortization	115,694	103,863	109,745
Pre-opening and development costs	21,633	8,817	13,649
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets	0	0	11,500
Impairment of development costs	0	0	23,662
Write-downs, reserves and recoveries, net	11,818	4,163	(3,335)
Total expenses and other costs	1,069,882	1,012,588	1,006,383
Operating income	127,221	128,610	52,185
Net interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(93,687)	(95,308)	(102,867)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(20,718)	(183)	(1,852)
Loss from equity method investment	(30,780)	(588)	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(17,964)	32,531	(52,534)
Income tax (expense) benefit	(4,675)	(2,335)	11,693
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(22,639)	30,196	(40,841)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(9,166)	(32,735)	17,422
Net loss	$ (31,805)	$ (2,539)	$ (23,419)
Net loss per common share - basic
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (0.37)	$ 0.49	$ (0.67)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (0.15)	$ (0.53)	$ 0.29
Net loss per common share-basic	$ (0.52)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.38)
Net loss per common share - diluted
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (0.37)	$ 0.48	$ (0.67)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (0.15)	$ (0.52)	$ 0.29
Net loss per common share-diluted	$ (0.52)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.38)
Number of shares - basic	61,258	61,989	60,872
Number of shares - diluted	61,258	62,467	60,872