Master Lease Financing Obligation (Restatement)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Master Lease Financing Obligation (Restatement)

Master Lease Financing Obligation (Restatement)

13.   Master Lease Financing Obligation (Restatement)

        The Company's lease obligation with GLPI that is described in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements is accounted for as a financing obligation. The obligation was calculated at the inception of the transaction based on the future minimum lease payments discounted at 9.70%, which represents the estimated incremental borrowing rate over the lease term, including renewal options, that were reasonably assured of being exercised and the funded construction of certain leased real estate assets in development at the date of the Spin-Off. Total payments to GLPI under the Master Lease were $421.4 million and $69.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, of which $379.2 million and $62.1 million, respectively, were recognized as interest expense. The interest expense recognized for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 includes $40.9 million and $6.7 million, respectively from contingent payments associated with the monthly variable components for Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo.

        In April 2014, an amendment to the Master Lease was entered into in order to revise certain provisions relating to the Company's Sioux City property. In accordance with the amendment, upon the cessation of gaming operations at Argosy Casino Sioux City on July 30, 2014 due to the termination of its gaming license, the annual payment to GLPI was reduced by $6.2 million. Additionally, the Company finalized its calculation of rent coverage in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Master Lease to determine if an annual base payment escalator is due. The calculation of the escalator resulted in an increase to the Company's annual payment of $3.2 million starting November 1, 2014. Both of these items were recognized through yield adjustments to our financing obligation which reduced interest expense.

        The future minimum payments related to the Master Lease financing obligation with GLPI, at December 31, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):

2015	$	389,496
2016		389,496
2017		389,496
2018		378,716
2019		324,819
Thereafter		9,365,619
Total minimum payments		11,237,642
Less amounts representing interest at 9.70%		(8,013,880	)
Plus residual values		387,751
Present value of future minimum payments		3,611,513
Less current portion of financing obligation		(46,884	)
Long-term portion of financing obligation	$	3,564,629