Acquisitions and Dispositions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Dispositions

Acquisitions and Dispositions

Sam Houston Race Park and Valley Race Park

On March 15, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with PM Texas Holdings, LLC for the purchase of the remaining 50% ownership interest in the Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas, the Valley Race Park in Harlingen, Texas, and a license to operate a racetrack in Austin, Texas. The purchase price consisted of $56.0 million, comprised of $42.0 million in cash and $14.0 million of the Company's common equity, as well as a contingent consideration. The contingent consideration will be triggered in the event the State of Texas establishes a statutory framework authorizing land-based gaming or online gaming operations in the state prior to the ten-year anniversary of the closing date. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.

Tropicana Las Vegas

On April 16, 2020, we sold the real estate assets associated with our Tropicana property to GLPI in exchange for rent credits of $307.5 million and utilized them to pay rent under our existing Master Leases and the Meadows Lease beginning in May 2020. Contemporaneous with the sale, the Company entered into the Tropicana Lease (as defined and discussed in Note 9, “Leases”). Pursuant to the purchase agreement, GLPI would conduct a sale process with respect to both the real estate assets and the operations of Tropicana for up to 24 months (the “Sale Period”), with the Company receiving (i) 75% of the proceeds above $307.5 million plus certain taxes, expenses and costs if an agreement for such sale is signed in the first 12 months of the Sale Period or (ii) 50% of the proceeds above $307.5 million plus certain taxes, expenses and costs if an agreement for such sale is signed in the remainder of the Sale Period.

On April 13, 2021, GLPI announced that it entered into a binding term sheet with Bally’s Corporation (“Bally’s”) whereby Bally’s plans to acquire both GLPI’s non-land real estate assets and Penn’s outstanding equity interests in Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Inc., which has the gaming license and operates the Tropicana, for an aggregate cash acquisition price of $150.0 million. GLPI will retain ownership of the land and will concurrently enter into a 50-year ground lease with initial annual rent of $10.5 million. This transaction is expected to close in early 2022, subject to Penn, GLPI and Bally's entering into definitive agreements and regulatory approval.

Hollywood Casino Perryville

On December 15, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with GLPI to purchase the operations of Hollywood Casino Perryville for $31.1 million. The transaction is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2021, subject to approval of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission and other customary closing conditions. Simultaneous with the closing of the transaction, we would lease the real estate assets associated with Hollywood Casino Perryville from GLPI with initial annual rent of $7.8 million per year subject to escalation.