CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Gaming	$ 1,327,266	$ 892,284	$ 840,687
Food and beverage	78,857	53,474	48,452
Lodging	31,297	21,937	20,859
Retail, entertainment and other	50,416	35,141	30,876
Total revenues	1,487,836	1,002,836	940,874
Expenses and other costs:
Gaming	733,459	501,354	480,516
Food and beverage	69,756	47,110	42,554
Lodging	14,820	11,624	10,011
Retail, entertainment and other	23,303	19,852	18,664
General and administrative	287,381	181,175	179,674
Depreciation and amortization	148,456	82,689	70,205
Pre-opening and development costs	89,009	21,508	8,817
Write-downs, reserves and recoveries, net	17,265	829	3,167
Total expenses and other costs	1,383,449	866,141	813,608
Operating income	104,387	136,695	127,266
Net interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(169,812)	(93,670)	(95,308)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(30,830)	(20,718)	(183)
Loss from equity method investment	(92,181)	(30,780)	(588)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(188,436)	(8,473)	31,187
Income tax (expense) benefit	55,055	(4,764)	(2,284)
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(133,381)	(13,237)	28,903
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(122,540)	(18,568)	(31,442)
Net loss	(255,921)	(31,805)	(2,539)
Loss attributable to non-controlling interest	(51)	0	0
Net loss attributable to Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.	$ (255,870)	$ (31,805)	$ (2,539)
Net loss per common share - basic
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (2.27)	$ (0.22)	$ 0.47
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (2.09)	$ (0.30)	$ (0.51)
Net loss per common share-basic	$ (4.36)	$ (0.52)	$ (0.04)
Net loss per common share - diluted
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (2.27)	$ (0.22)	$ 0.46
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (2.09)	$ (0.30)	$ (0.50)
Net loss per common share-diluted	$ (4.36)	$ (0.52)	$ (0.04)
Number of shares - basic	58,707	61,258	61,989
Number of shares - diluted	58,707	61,258	62,467