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SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc
(NYSE:SEAS) 

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SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a theme park and entertainment company in the United States. The company operates SeaWorld theme parks in Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and San Diego, California, as well as Busch Gardens theme parks in Tampa, Florida,...

Founded: 1973
Full Time Employees: 4,300
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Leisure
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        assets
      		                                                    
        current assets:
      		                                                    
        cash and cash equivalents
      		28,942,000 99,762,000 183,228,000 193,921,000 75,665,000 115,893,000 76,835,000 232,052,000 203,712,000 246,922,000 215,226,000 146,746,000 54,761,000 79,196,000 109,572,000 160,830,000 380,008,000 443,707,000 553,570,000 615,791,000 430,567,000 488,416,000 375,683,000 192,760,000 39,946,000 50,917,000 43,601,000 51,860,000 34,073,000 125,669,000 33,452,000 39,343,000 33,178,000 52,342,000 33,834,000 33,217,000 68,958,000 55,807,000 29,234,000 41,492,000 18,971,000 119,651,000 52,931,000 43,369,000 43,906,000 115,192,000 63,006,000 61,240,000 116,841,000 210,516,000 93,936,000 59,367,000 
        accounts receivable
      		91,177,000 77,287,000 85,102,000 94,043,000 80,496,000 79,442,000 86,633,000 100,822,000 80,429,000 73,845,000 80,098,000 87,526,000 72,504,000 71,050,000 77,691,000 84,001,000 74,581,000 76,948,000 86,513,000 90,419,000 52,978,000 25,553,000 28,615,000 43,358,000 49,728,000 50,751,000 63,282,000 58,692,000 57,980,000 66,842,000 72,558,000 56,431,000 38,400,000 49,378,000 54,398,000 41,242,000 36,726,000 49,380,000 58,116,000 44,531,000 39,538,000 48,534,000 56,094,000 38,510,000 37,002,000 43,631,000 46,810,000 38,451,000 41,509,000 52,505,000 59,913,000 42,534,000 
        inventories
      		57,041,000 51,628,000 52,109,000 53,354,000 50,635,000 45,846,000 50,900,000 52,533,000 51,043,000 49,236,000 54,623,000 60,079,000 59,060,000 55,190,000 60,283,000 56,641,000 45,114,000 29,478,000 25,870,000 25,111,000 28,850,000 34,180,000 35,824,000 34,627,000 33,163,000 34,785,000 43,219,000 42,724,000 35,814,000 34,782,000 39,769,000 37,648,000 30,887,000 32,300,000 38,211,000 33,479,000 28,684,000 33,415,000 42,034,000 38,664,000 31,213,000 32,267,000 38,749,000 37,877,000 33,134,000 36,766,000 44,308,000 41,788,000 36,209,000 37,886,000 46,151,000 42,484,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      		64,262,000 54,117,000 48,888,000 57,868,000 49,541,000 29,247,000 41,751,000 45,280,000 41,707,000 20,179,000 25,888,000 34,569,000 35,492,000 28,260,000 28,472,000 28,682,000 24,961,000 17,263,000 15,056,000 20,241,000 19,908,000 14,619,000 19,206,000 22,976,000 46,312,000 14,588,000 18,219,000 19,567,000 18,700,000 14,328,000 17,317,000 19,940,000 16,310,000 13,512,000 17,373,000 28,120,000 19,324,000 11,898,000 15,934,000 18,900,000 16,360,000 18,078,000 20,562,000 23,387,000 20,894,000 18,096,000 22,196,000 23,534,000 19,613,000 14,170,000 16,298,000 26,691,000 
        total current assets
      		241,422,000 282,794,000 406,889,000 399,186,000 256,337,000 270,428,000 256,119,000 430,687,000 376,891,000 390,182,000 375,835,000 328,920,000 221,817,000 233,696,000 276,018,000 330,154,000 524,664,000 567,396,000 681,009,000 751,562,000 532,303,000 562,768,000 459,328,000 293,721,000 169,149,000 151,041,000 168,321,000 172,843,000 146,567,000 241,621,000 163,096,000 153,362,000 118,775,000 147,532,000 143,816,000 136,058,000 153,692,000 150,500,000 145,318,000 143,587,000 109,057,000 225,798,000 175,604,000 150,411,000 142,204,000 221,770,000 185,937,000 198,121,000 243,059,000 316,392,000 222,563,000 177,341,000 
        property and equipment, at cost
      		4,198,539,000 4,136,832,000 4,097,200,000 4,057,758,000 4,008,584,000 3,959,943,000 3,945,234,000 3,925,992,000 3,870,671,000 3,814,799,000 3,766,620,000 3,703,144,000 3,640,041,000 3,576,092,000 3,532,056,000 3,479,343,000 3,426,714,000 3,385,308,000 3,344,208,000 3,314,860,000 3,289,307,000 3,274,442,000 3,267,133,000 3,258,218,000 3,209,521,000 3,171,402,000 3,148,134,000 3,116,688,000 3,057,038,000 3,069,523,000 3,042,910,000 3,000,208,000 2,952,074,000 2,934,915,000 2,926,585,000 2,865,375,000 2,828,446,000 2,803,477,000 2,788,705,000 2,751,939,000 2,748,161,000 2,706,758,000 2,678,128,000 2,647,172,000 2,612,052,000 2,580,453,000 2,564,380,000   2,452,229,000 2,428,792,000 2,380,008,000 
        accumulated depreciation
      		-2,258,178,000 -2,219,562,000 -2,187,455,000 -2,146,823,000 -2,110,189,000 -2,072,660,000 -2,041,227,000 -2,011,094,000 -1,976,668,000 -1,972,861,000 -1,958,429,000 -1,922,198,000 -1,899,152,000 -1,869,413,000 -1,843,004,000 -1,809,262,000 -1,774,203,000 -1,740,144,000 -1,710,939,000 -1,676,366,000 -1,646,260,000 -1,584,140,000 -1,546,800,000 -1,511,468,000 -1,476,059,000 -1,453,186,000 -1,426,625,000 -1,399,115,000 -1,365,006,000 -1,380,764,000 -1,343,446,000 -1,308,780,000 -1,276,833,000 -1,253,400,000 -1,219,271,000 -1,187,644,000 -1,161,631,000 -1,126,207,000 -1,088,268,000 -1,052,907,000 -1,029,165,000 -993,668,000 -953,082,000 -907,175,000 -867,421,000 -829,280,000 -789,198,000   -680,922,000 -642,278,000 -606,462,000 
        property and equipment
      		1,940,361,000 1,917,270,000 1,909,745,000 1,910,935,000 1,898,395,000 1,887,283,000 1,904,007,000 1,914,898,000 1,894,003,000 1,841,938,000 1,808,191,000 1,780,946,000 1,740,889,000 1,706,679,000 1,689,052,000 1,670,081,000 1,652,511,000 1,645,164,000 1,633,269,000 1,638,494,000 1,643,047,000 1,690,302,000 1,720,333,000 1,746,750,000 1,733,462,000 1,718,216,000 1,721,509,000 1,717,573,000 1,692,032,000 1,688,759,000 1,699,464,000 1,691,428,000 1,675,241,000 1,681,515,000 1,707,314,000 1,677,731,000 1,666,815,000 1,677,270,000 1,700,437,000 1,699,032,000 1,718,996,000 1,713,090,000 1,725,046,000 1,739,997,000 1,744,631,000 1,751,173,000 1,775,182,000 1,780,406,000 1,771,500,000 1,771,307,000 1,786,514,000 1,773,546,000 
        goodwill
      		66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 66,278,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 335,610,000 
        trade names/trademarks
      		157,846,000 157,846,000 157,846,000 157,846,000 157,846,000 157,846,000 157,846,000 157,849,000 157,845,000 157,771,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,000,000 157,244,000 157,609,000 157,975,000 158,343,000 158,706,000 159,071,000 159,436,000 159,802,000 160,168,000 160,533,000 160,898,000 161,264,000 161,629,000 161,995,000 162,360,000 162,726,000 163,091,000 163,457,000 163,822,000 164,188,000        
        right of use assets-operating leases
      		137,189,000 125,410,000 126,541,000 127,626,000 128,746,000 129,875,000 130,937,000 131,238,000 129,589,000 127,379,000 127,814,000 128,638,000 129,415,000 130,479,000 132,569,000 133,191,000 134,123,000 132,217,000 132,977,000 133,909,000 134,846,000 137,708,000 138,905,000 140,101,000 141,438,000 142,538,000 144,634,000                          
        deferred tax assets
      		3,157,000 2,478,000 10,550,000 7,233,000 3,497,000 5,694,000 15,864,000 14,716,000 8,617,000 8,019,000 11,274,000 15,458,000 13,084,000 12,332,000 15,964,000 22,528,000 24,798,000 23,995,000 24,565,000 24,179,000 24,442,000 21,181,000 20,450,000 18,853,000 19,013,000 21,161,000 22,931,000 30,177,000 23,527,000 22,813,000 40,955,000 53,864,000 32,820,000 31,820,000 59,663,000 24,928,000 22,114,000 15,283,000 36,739,000 35,520,000 2,975,000 7,268,000 7,268,000 7,268,000 7,268,000 8,085,000 9,617,000 33,108,000 28,887,000 1,315,000 6,265,000 6,265,000 
        other assets
      		61,249,000 64,198,000 62,284,000 61,369,000 59,703,000 56,174,000 48,588,000 41,279,000 35,932,000 33,479,000 29,150,000 27,989,000 25,397,000 19,323,000 18,607,000 17,378,000 18,590,000 18,266,000 16,123,000 15,298,000 15,451,000 14,944,000 15,104,000 15,165,000 13,652,000 13,806,000 14,329,000 15,421,000 14,735,000 19,513,000 20,154,000 19,183,000 17,970,000 19,246,000 19,887,000 20,577,000 21,268,000 20,686,000 19,607,000 20,219,000 19,927,000 15,772,000 13,220,000 30,327,000 31,316,000 32,956,000 39,586,000 40,117,000 40,753,000 42,371,000 45,153,000 47,839,000 
        total assets
      		2,607,502,000 2,616,274,000 2,740,133,000 2,730,473,000 2,570,802,000 2,573,578,000 2,579,639,000 2,756,945,000 2,669,155,000 2,625,046,000 2,575,542,000 2,505,229,000 2,353,880,000 2,325,787,000 2,355,488,000 2,396,610,000 2,577,964,000 2,610,316,000 2,711,221,000 2,786,720,000 2,573,367,000 2,650,181,000 2,577,398,000 2,438,394,000 2,300,518,000 2,270,810,000 2,296,134,000 2,306,194,000 2,115,602,000 2,211,977,000 2,163,494,000 2,158,233,000 2,085,782,000 2,122,079,000 2,173,841,000 2,372,981,000 2,378,771,000 2,379,816,000 2,419,374,000 2,416,825,000 2,391,134,000 2,475,398,000 2,435,803,000 2,443,863,000 2,442,474,000 2,531,417,000 2,525,457,000 2,544,501,000 2,582,273,000 2,658,136,000 2,632,947,000 2,571,645,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
      		                                                    
        current liabilities:
      		                                                    
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
      		170,680,000 152,939,000 139,254,000 169,364,000 151,370,000 163,552,000 144,390,000 183,978,000 181,078,000 160,611,000 146,719,000 186,048,000 164,327,000 159,947,000 155,405,000 172,263,000 152,164,000 134,311,000 140,584,000 129,983,000 102,803,000 143,153,000 174,517,000 153,971,000 131,503,000 119,267,000 132,952,000 140,567,000 120,024,000 107,721,000 131,149,000 125,231,000                     
        current maturities of long-term debt
      		15,423,000 15,423,000 15,423,000 15,423,000 15,423,000 15,423,000 15,540,000 15,540,000 11,730,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 65,505,000 15,505,000       80,505,000 45,505,000 23,707,000 23,707,000 78,707,000  23,707,000 63,707,000 91,500,000                 
        operating lease liabilities
      		3,285,000 4,216,000 4,224,000 4,209,000 4,163,000 4,079,000 3,983,000 3,750,000 3,644,000 3,380,000 3,371,000 3,379,000 3,261,000 3,387,000 3,303,000 3,088,000 3,158,000 2,895,000 3,037,000 3,210,000 3,287,000                                
        accrued salaries, wages and benefits
      		18,222,000 27,046,000 16,537,000 24,248,000 16,346,000 22,666,000 16,894,000 22,776,000 24,762,000 21,204,000 24,412,000 19,798,000 22,800,000 17,423,000 19,160,000 16,419,000 19,315,000 22,156,000 22,368,000 19,245,000 15,027,000 12,124,000 7,570,000 12,343,000 15,499,000 16,461,000 14,750,000 19,228,000 20,966,000 24,779,000 22,337,000 20,283,000 14,554,000 22,416,000 12,806,000 17,678,000 21,010,000 16,917,000 11,691,000 17,354,000 12,330,000 15,600,000 23,678,000 15,720,000 19,068,000 12,401,000 19,026,000 16,463,000 23,996,000 21,300,000 24,589,000 17,071,000 
        deferred revenue
      		203,818,000 143,325,000 145,548,000 207,753,000 195,878,000 152,655,000 155,724,000 230,496,000 209,933,000 155,614,000 161,082,000 222,654,000 212,799,000 169,535,000 182,267,000 235,542,000 208,046,000 154,793,000 173,431,000 238,694,000 193,374,000 129,164,000 133,838,000 120,380,000 104,416,000 114,536,000 163,140,000 151,253,000 101,110,000 108,021,000 157,986,000 138,805,000 79,554,000 93,923,000 145,754,000 133,242,000 78,891,000 98,124,000 152,783,000 134,200,000 79,818,000 98,101,000 146,458,000 130,584,000 79,367,000 92,264,000 135,312,000 124,605,000 82,945,000 99,527,000 150,002,000 126,193,000 
        other accrued liabilities
      		43,433,000 41,783,000 53,973,000 61,687,000 51,615,000 54,493,000 61,873,000 66,804,000 58,743,000 58,106,000 58,892,000 61,964,000 45,835,000 46,914,000 57,726,000 59,124,000 64,052,000 45,811,000 55,426,000 51,243,000 41,348,000 47,530,000 31,690,000 20,625,000 81,841,000 23,912,000 20,808,000 29,065,000 23,066,000 34,553,000 32,701,000 25,491,000                     
        total current liabilities
      		454,861,000 384,732,000 374,959,000 482,684,000 434,795,000 412,868,000 398,404,000 523,344,000 489,890,000 410,915,000 406,476,000 505,843,000 461,022,000 409,206,000 429,861,000 498,436,000 458,735,000 371,966,000 406,846,000 507,880,000 371,344,000 351,281,000 366,938,000 326,749,000 402,660,000 343,595,000 496,260,000 424,736,000 310,671,000 298,882,000 368,004,000 388,653,000 253,470,000 257,803,000 369,560,000 367,849,000 263,612,000 234,949,000 392,378,000 393,286,000 229,314,000 248,798,000 330,573,000 328,659,000 221,085,000 248,352,000 325,136,000 312,410,000 252,694,000 271,796,000 354,506,000 340,130,000 
        long-term debt
      		2,244,914,000 2,217,708,000 2,220,487,000 2,223,252,000 2,226,003,000 2,228,746,000 2,234,839,000 2,239,846,000 2,092,371,000 2,093,190,000 2,094,667,000 2,096,137,000 2,097,601,000 2,099,059,000 2,100,510,000 2,101,955,000 2,103,367,000 2,104,835,000 2,106,366,000 2,122,708,000 2,174,978,000 2,179,549,000   1,482,619,000 1,485,672,000 1,488,700,000 1,491,702,000 1,494,679,000 1,489,289,000 1,494,066,000 1,498,839,000 1,503,609,000 1,508,334,000 1,513,117,000 1,517,855,000 1,531,069,000 1,540,255,000 1,543,137,000 1,546,016,000 1,548,893,000 1,581,309,000 1,584,365,000 1,586,435,000 1,589,403,000 1,592,369,000 1,622,439,000 1,624,798,000 1,627,183,000 1,629,489,000 1,631,829,000 1,798,620,000 
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      		123,844,000 110,926,000 111,951,000 112,947,000 114,010,000 115,117,000 116,130,000 116,485,000 114,791,000 112,724,000 113,057,000 113,760,000 114,563,000 115,396,000 117,458,000 118,180,000 118,890,000 117,046,000 117,582,000 118,251,000 119,003,000                                
        deferred tax liabilities
      		252,977,000 258,492,000 263,633,000 234,253,000 209,612,000 213,319,000 226,149,000 188,082,000 159,708,000 164,949,000 157,708,000 117,149,000 88,962,000 96,627,000 83,014,000 38,053,000 7,076,000 12,803,000 26,382,000 17,786,000 11,595,000 24,232,000 31,893,000 22,061,000 42,773,000 46,377,000 13,768,000  10,711,000 18,584,000    7,229,000  32,105,000 70,033,000 73,250,000 22,562,000 18,721,000 68,161,000 57,423,000 4,600,000 4,173,000 31,760,000 50,230,000 1,409,000 1,101,000 29,776,000 8,936,000   
        other liabilities
      		88,135,000 80,222,000 77,838,000 72,188,000 64,667,000 65,068,000 59,975,000 54,128,000 55,459,000 51,484,000 56,030,000 49,852,000 46,385,000 43,163,000 44,947,000 41,437,000 42,333,000 37,582,000 42,568,000 41,409,000 42,239,000 40,551,000 40,755,000 39,502,000 37,235,000 38,173,000 38,759,000 35,217,000 34,347,000 31,886,000 31,743,000 32,663,000 41,237,000 49,207,000 51,930,000 49,333,000 52,842,000 72,819,000 63,569,000 57,750,000 40,646,000 47,163,000 31,206,000 23,983,000 20,691,000 20,349,000 21,073,000 18,781,000 18,488,000 18,628,000 20,807,000 22,793,000 
        total liabilities
      		3,164,731,000 3,052,080,000 3,048,868,000 3,125,324,000 3,049,087,000 3,035,118,000 3,035,497,000 3,121,885,000 2,912,219,000 2,833,262,000 2,827,938,000 2,882,741,000 2,808,533,000 2,763,451,000 2,775,790,000 2,798,061,000 2,730,401,000 2,644,232,000 2,699,744,000 2,808,034,000 2,719,159,000 2,716,702,000 2,568,277,000 2,302,280,000 2,089,626,000 2,039,107,000 2,164,586,000 2,079,774,000 1,850,408,000 1,838,641,000 1,893,813,000 1,920,155,000 1,798,316,000 1,822,573,000 1,934,607,000 1,967,142,000 1,917,556,000 1,921,273,000 2,021,646,000 2,015,773,000 1,887,014,000 1,934,693,000 1,950,744,000 1,943,250,000 1,862,939,000 1,911,300,000 1,970,057,000 1,957,090,000 1,928,141,000 1,928,849,000 2,007,142,000 2,161,543,000 
        commitments and contingencies
      		                                                    
        stockholders’ deficit:
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025
      		                                                    
        common stock
      		974,000 973,000 973,000 972,000 971,000 971,000 971,000 970,000 970,000 967,000 966,000 966,000 965,000 963,000 963,000 962,000 958,000 955,000 954,000 953,000 948,000 944,000 944,000 943,000 940,000 940,000 939,000 937,000 934,000 932,000 931,000 929,000 926,000 926,000 925,000 919,000 919,000 919,000 918,000 904,000 903,000 903,000 903,000 902,000 902,000 900,000 900,000 899,000 899,000 896,000 896,000 828,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      		751,093,000 745,789,000 741,724,000 737,277,000 733,952,000 729,965,000 725,523,000 722,347,000 719,772,000 723,260,000 719,134,000 713,659,000 709,627,000 710,151,000 705,954,000 700,866,000 711,842,000 711,474,000 695,374,000 681,964,000 685,253,000 674,108,000 670,513,000 667,333,000 673,893,000 671,234,000 669,482,000 664,141,000 663,834,000 660,231,000 653,714,000 647,286,000 641,324,000 637,837,000 634,616,000 624,671,000 621,343,000 618,449,000 616,149,000 632,775,000 624,765,000 623,044,000 621,497,000 639,114,000 655,471,000 655,108,000 654,542,000 672,312,000 689,394,000 688,927,000 686,445,000 457,242,000 
        retained earnings
      		771,881,000 805,949,000 790,896,000 701,571,000 621,463,000 637,596,000 609,699,000 490,022,000 398,898,000 410,099,000 370,046,000 246,491,000 159,436,000 175,903,000 126,893,000                      7,518,000 19,415,000   46,460,000 57,472,000   33,516,000 58,962,000   7,991,000 39,265,000   
        treasury stock
      		-2,081,177,000 -1,988,517,000 -1,842,328,000 -1,834,671,000 -1,834,671,000 -1,830,072,000 -1,792,051,000 -1,578,279,000 -1,362,704,000 -1,342,542,000 -1,342,542,000 -1,338,628,000 -1,324,681,000 -1,324,681,000 -1,254,112,000 -1,095,615,000 -740,963,000 -631,058,000 -498,026,000 -415,309,000 -415,309,000 -415,309,000 -415,309,000 -415,309,000 -402,903,000 -402,903,000 -402,903,000 -252,903,000 -252,903,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -154,871,000 -124,871,000 -109,871,000 -109,871,000 -109,871,000 -94,871,000 -94,869,000 -44,163,000 -44,163,000    
        total stockholders’ deficit
      		-557,229,000 -435,806,000 -308,735,000 -394,851,000 -478,285,000 -461,540,000 -455,858,000 -364,940,000 -243,064,000 -208,216,000 -252,396,000 -377,512,000 -454,653,000 -437,664,000 -420,302,000 -401,451,000 -152,437,000 -33,916,000  -21,314,000 -145,792,000                                
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
      		2,607,502,000 2,616,274,000 2,740,133,000 2,730,473,000 2,570,802,000 2,573,578,000 2,579,639,000 2,756,945,000 2,669,155,000 2,625,046,000 2,575,542,000 2,505,229,000 2,353,880,000 2,325,787,000 2,355,488,000 2,396,610,000 2,577,964,000 2,610,316,000  2,786,720,000 2,573,367,000                                
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2025 and 2024
      		                                                    
        restricted cash
      		  37,562,000                                                  
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2024 and 2023
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2023 and 2022
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2022 and 2021
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
      		                                                    
        accumulated deficit
      		               -7,664,000 -124,274,000 -115,287,000 -186,825,000 -288,922,000 -416,684,000 -326,264,000 -247,027,000 -115,998,000 -59,479,000 -35,296,000 -133,324,000 -185,975,000 -148,955,000 -137,902,000 -233,890,000 -256,587,000                   -62,862,000 -47,008,000 
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2021 and 2020
      		                                                    
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      		                                                    
        stockholders’ equity
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
      		                                                    
        total stockholders’ equity
      		                  11,477,000    9,121,000 136,114,000 210,892,000 231,703,000 131,548,000 226,420,000 265,194,000 373,336,000 269,681,000 238,078,000 287,466,000 299,506,000 239,234,000 405,839,000 461,215,000 458,543,000 397,728,000 401,052,000 504,120,000 540,705,000 485,059,000 500,613,000 579,535,000 620,117,000 555,400,000 587,411,000 654,132,000 729,287,000 625,805,000 410,102,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      		                  2,711,221,000   2,650,181,000 2,577,398,000 2,438,394,000 2,300,518,000 2,270,810,000 2,296,134,000 2,306,194,000 2,115,602,000 2,211,977,000 2,163,494,000 2,158,233,000 2,085,782,000 2,122,079,000 2,173,841,000 2,372,981,000 2,378,771,000 2,379,816,000 2,419,374,000 2,416,825,000 2,391,134,000 2,475,398,000 2,435,803,000 2,443,863,000 2,442,474,000 2,531,417,000 2,525,457,000 2,544,501,000 2,582,273,000 2,658,136,000 2,632,947,000 2,571,645,000 
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020
      		                                                    
        liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
      		                                                    
        current maturities of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility of 50,000 as of december 31, 2019
      		                     15,505,000 15,505,000 15,505,000                             
        operating lease obligations
      		                     3,805,000 3,818,000 3,925,000 3,896,000 3,914,000 4,105,000 4,118,000                         
        long-term operating lease obligations
      		                     121,089,000 122,109,000 123,077,000 124,339,000 125,290,000 127,099,000 128,119,000                         
        stockholders’ (deficit) equity:
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
      		                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      		                       -855,000         -5,076,000 -9,990,000 -11,996,000 -11,290,000 -13,694,000 -25,369,000 -26,858,000 -22,387,000 -13,137,000 -15,843,000 -5,103,000 -1,356,000        -960,000 
        total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
      		                     -66,521,000                               
        long-term debt, net, including revolving credit facility of 311,000 as of june 30, 2020
      		                      2,006,582,000                              
        stockholders’ equity:
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
      		                                                    
        other intangible assets
      		                       526,000 526,000 526,000 523,000 120,000 14,120,000 14,287,000 14,476,000 14,682,000 14,896,000 15,520,000 16,350,000 17,179,000 18,008,000 18,838,000 19,668,000 20,497,000 21,327,000 22,037,000 22,866,000 23,696,000 24,525,000 25,356,000 26,184,000 27,014,000 27,843,000 28,673,000 29,502,000 30,315,000 
        long-term debt, net, including revolving credit facility of 312,500 as of march 31, 2020
      		                       1,790,891,000                             
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019
      		                                                    
        current maturities of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility of 50,000 and 30,000 as of december 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively
      		                        65,505,000                            
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2019 and 2018
      		                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      		                        -1,559,000 -2,272,000 -2,646,000 220,000 2,284,000 4,946,000 3,797,000 1,321,000             -483,000 18,000 -1,069,000 -197,000 11,000    
        current maturities of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility of 50,000 and 30,000 as of september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
      		                         65,505,000                           
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018
      		                                                    
        current maturities of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility of 145,000 and 30,000 as of june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
      		                          160,505,000                          
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018
      		                                                    
        right of use assets-operating
      		                           145,807,000                         
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2018 and 2017
      		                                                    
        dividends payable
      		                             101,000 124,000 136,000 470,000 505,000 665,000 815,000 908,000 9,467,000 18,849,000 21,807,000 430,000 18,396,000 18,391,000 18,373,000 172,000 18,647,000 18,590,000 18,015,000 17,939,000    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017
      		                                                    
        accounts payable
      		                                100,573,000 93,762,000 127,487,000 111,835,000 87,680,000 73,110,000 109,554,000 115,327,000 93,743,000 79,182,000 108,313,000 96,005,000 88,279,000 80,305,000 118,083,000 113,482,000 98,500,000 105,871,000 142,554,000 113,864,000 
        current maturities on long-term debt
      		                                38,707,000    51,713,000 16,850,000 81,850,000 91,850,000 31,850,000 16,850,000 16,850,000 44,050,000 14,050,000 14,050,000 14,050,000 14,050,000 14,050,000 14,050,000 14,050,000 51,330,000 
        other accrued expenses
      		                                19,612,000 23,490,000 19,141,000 12,779,000 23,410,000 20,481,000 17,651,000 12,748,000 11,143,000 20,669,000 16,883,000 23,927,000 20,149,000 30,685,000 20,075,000 25,795,000 15,264,000 31,048,000 23,311,000 31,672,000 
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2017 and 2016
      		                                                    
        (accumulated deficit) retained earnings
      		                                -194,837,000 -174,396,000 -229,440,000 -53,590,000   -37,610,000 -55,369,000   -22,367,000 -28,176,000   -4,104,000 -41,440,000     
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2016 and 2015
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2015 and 2014
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2014 and 2013
      		                                                    
        trade names
      		                                             164,552,000 162,958,000 163,233,000 163,508,000 163,783,000 164,058,000 164,333,000 
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2013 and 2012
      		                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012
      		                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive gain
      		                                                 199,000 1,326,000  
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value—authorized, 100,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012
      		                                                    
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 
                                                             
          cash flows from operating activities:
        		                                                     
          net loss
        		-34,068,000    -16,133,000    -11,201,000    -16,467,000    -8,987,000    -44,884,000    -56,519,000    -37,020,000   22,697,000 -62,844,000  55,034,000 -175,850,000 -61,129,000   17,768,000 -84,049,000   5,809,000 -43,598,000   37,336,000 -49,431,000   -15,854,000 -40,360,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
        		                                                     
          depreciation and amortization
        		45,067,000 45,103,000 44,702,000 42,974,000 41,695,000 42,398,000 41,577,000 40,281,000 39,182,000 39,812,000 39,171,000 37,831,000 37,394,000 38,241,000 37,216,000 38,551,000 38,612,000 39,549,000 36,306,000 36,247,000 36,558,000 36,540,000 38,052,000 37,941,000 38,013,000 40,232,000 40,822,000 40,053,000 39,450,000 41,320,000 41,187,000 40,018,000 38,430,000 42,697,000 42,230,000 39,500,000 38,867,000 42,972,000 40,921,000 40,708,000 75,048,000 44,034,000 44,505,000 50,110,000 43,854,000 47,542,000 44,371,000 43,086,000 41,276,000 41,932,000 42,322,000 40,424,000 41,408,000 
          amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts
        		1,062,000 1,077,000 1,091,000 1,104,000 1,113,000 1,152,000 1,119,000 1,226,000 1,481,000 1,523,000 1,530,000 1,536,000 1,542,000 1,549,000 1,555,000 1,598,000 1,532,000 1,577,000 1,519,000 1,606,000 1,717,000 1,746,000 1,403,000 1,054,000 822,000 824,000 849,000 874,000 899,000 1,001,000 1,149,000 1,154,000 1,157,000 1,201,000 1,144,000 1,143,000 1,324,000 1,326,000 1,331,000 1,333,000 1,335,000 1,239,000 1,157,000 1,685,000 2,328,000 2,331,000 1,900,000 2,467,000 2,701,000 3,164,000 3,178,000 3,201,000 4,240,000 
          deferred income tax benefit
        		-6,195,000    -1,510,000    -5,840,000    -8,417,000    -6,531,000    -5,773,000    -20,805,000    -16,606,000           5,585,000 -49,957,000   2,772,000 -27,040,000         
          equity-based compensation
        		5,325,000 4,886,000 4,251,000 3,886,000 4,210,000 4,115,000 3,190,000 2,848,000 3,520,000 4,223,000 4,602,000 3,725,000 4,482,000 4,183,000 4,444,000 2,549,000 6,982,000 16,566,000 13,049,000 5,634,000 4,473,000 4,264,000   -3,601,000 2,662,000 1,162,000 4,084,000 3,198,000 3,532,000 5,183,000 5,892,000 7,545,000 3,938,000 3,245,000 11,906,000 4,114,000 2,919,000 2,545,000 2,461,000 29,590,000 1,727,000 1,549,000 1,398,000 1,853,000 444,000 570,000 573,000 762,000 1,321,000 2,482,000 1,902,000 320,000 
          other, including loss on sale or disposal of assets
        		5,557,000  8,215,000 11,982,000 1,012,000  4,570,000 2,299,000 5,594,000  8,811,000 10,204,000 3,221,000  3,367,000 4,119,000 4,420,000  1,009,000 1,625,000 487,000  4,000 916,000 -594,000                             
          changes in assets and liabilities:
        		                                                     
          accounts receivable
        		-12,173,000 11,308,000 11,603,000 -17,820,000 -55,000 10,017,000   -8,453,000 8,653,000   -1,361,000 9,174,000   3,408,000    -28,548,000 -5,630,000 4,042,000 19,344,000 7,005,000 5,048,000   -2,329,000 12,459,000 7,052,000 -22,640,000 -21,218,000 14,443,000 5,589,000 -17,982,000 -5,055,000 16,557,000 9,013,000 -18,017,000 -5,443,000 11,475,000 7,511,000 -20,716,000 -1,892,000 9,347,000 4,410,000 -10,732,000 3,231,000 10,217,000 8,579,000 -19,771,000 -2,240,000 
          inventories
        		-5,422,000 -1,975,000 1,036,000 -2,855,000 -4,834,000 4,211,000   -1,844,000 4,953,000   -3,936,000    -15,601,000 -4,294,000 -709,000 3,793,000 1,854,000    -1,459,000    -6,964,000 -1,246,000 5,508,000 -2,121,000 -6,761,000 948,000 5,311,000 -4,732,000 -4,812,000 4,721,000 8,603,000 -3,370,000 -7,451,000 678,000 6,171,000 -872,000 -4,743,000 3,266,000 7,542,000 -2,520,000 -5,579,000 1,133,000 8,264,000 -3,666,000 -5,897,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        		-8,804,000 -5,258,000 5,592,000 -3,939,000 -20,039,000 12,851,000   -21,320,000 5,749,000   -6,863,000    -7,653,000 -4,091,000   -2,533,000    -9,586,000 -32,417,000 4,082,000 1,604,000 -628,000 -5,141,000 3,424,000 2,583,000 -3,141,000 -3,116,000 3,778,000 6,720,000 -4,046,000 -8,282,000 4,858,000 3,112,000 -2,884,000 -2,360,000 2,684,000 2,724,000 -2,213,000 -3,166,000 4,244,000 1,063,000 -3,417,000 -5,276,000 1,847,000 4,211,000 -6,125,000 
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
        		17,841,000 3,697,000 -19,434,000 16,350,000 -9,952,000 5,376,000 -20,340,000 14,739,000 13,473,000 -2,064,000 -20,748,000 14,270,000 -345,000 -3,327,000 -23,726,000 29,303,000 5,599,000 -7,919,000 7,608,000 22,587,000 -2,226,000 -5,216,000 -17,768,000 10,904,000 13,720,000 -1,042,000 -11,392,000 13,452,000 1,715,000 4,668,000 -13,838,000 5,947,000 16,540,000                     
          accrued salaries, wages and benefits
        		-8,824,000 10,509,000 -7,711,000 7,902,000 -6,320,000 5,772,000 -5,882,000 -1,986,000 3,558,000 -3,208,000 4,614,000 -3,002,000 5,377,000    -2,841,000 -212,000 3,123,000 4,218,000 4,246,000    -3,156,000    -1,737,000 -4,174,000 2,442,000 2,054,000 5,729,000 -7,862,000 9,610,000 -4,872,000 -3,332,000 4,093,000 5,226,000 -5,663,000 5,024,000 -3,270,000 -8,078,000 7,958,000 -3,348,000 6,667,000 -6,625,000 2,562,000 -7,532,000 2,696,000 -3,290,000 7,519,000 -16,017,000 
          deferred revenue
        		63,407,000 -7,292,000 -64,461,000 15,819,000 42,200,000 -7,476,000 -75,303,000 27,341,000 55,913,000 -9,570,000 -62,639,000 16,184,000 42,072,000 -17,486,000 -62,963,000 27,194,000 53,584,000 -25,573,000 -63,172,000 55,429,000 66,386,000 92,000 -11,261,000 10,359,000 25,875,000 -14,818,000 -48,569,000 12,355,000 51,697,000 -10,975,000 -51,138,000 25,562,000 62,162,000 -17,499,000 -52,411,000 17,403,000 54,875,000 -23,272,000 -55,255,000 22,720,000 54,271,000 -21,665,000 -48,877,000 19,084,000 52,401,000 -15,280,000 -44,608,000 12,506,000 41,293,000 -16,165,000 -53,596,000 25,089,000 44,766,000 
          other accrued liabilities
        		1,677,000 -12,884,000 -4,418,000 4,330,000 -2,754,000 -13,589,000 -2,661,000 3,594,000 -2,641,000 -3,487,000 -3,467,000 13,838,000 -1,276,000 -5,818,000 3,080,000 10,374,000 -5,675,000 -5,072,000 442,000 12,732,000 -11,887,000 -4,081,000   -28,349,000 57,575,000   5,498,000 -11,485,000 1,852,000 7,171,000 5,879,000                     
          right of use assets and operating lease liabilities
        		207,000    106,000    121,000    104,000    201,000    115,000                                 
          other assets and liabilities
        		2,141,000 405,000 -1,180,000 346,000 -3,024,000 -1,232,000   -639,000 928,000   -5,231,000 1,000   3,744,000    -1,592,000   2,564,000 -2,266,000   21,000 342,000 -199,000 708,000 -1,069,000 260,000 -542,000 884,000 239,000 1,817,000 -2,809,000 9,827,000 -202,000 618,000 -1,604,000 -957,000 274,000 38,000 -884,000 1,009,000 1,193,000 901,000 1,573,000 -573,000 -449,000 577,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        		66,798,000 78,396,000 94,778,000 181,196,000 25,715,000 112,468,000 122,998,000 173,227,000 71,446,000 106,459,000 163,556,000 184,605,000 50,296,000 95,714,000 169,240,000 228,840,000 70,794,000 86,575,000 168,359,000 229,685,000 18,393,000    -40,767,000 34,733,000 146,297,000 129,698,000 37,688,000 26,477,000 140,644,000 106,497,000 20,317,000 4,678,000 99,476,000 82,611,000 5,692,000 21,541,000 147,134,000 79,506,000 32,231,000 6,354,000 137,838,000 104,400,000 37,682,000 -8,407,000 136,430,000 120,498,000 13,011,000 13,477,000 178,586,000 73,557,000 24,174,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
        		                                                     
          capital expenditures
        		-69,632,000 -50,262,000 -56,763,000 -53,561,000 -56,903,000 -26,223,000 0 0 -87,286,000 -70,618,000 0 0 -69,758,000 0 0 0 -35,110,000 0 0 0 -15,298,000    -49,249,000 0 0 0 -47,937,000 -38,892,000 -43,506,000 -51,550,000 -45,822,000 -32,879,000 -36,463,000 -46,322,000 -56,853,000 -25,022,000 -32,272,000 -55,378,000 -47,846,000 -40,173,000 -33,595,000 -42,861,000 -40,673,000 -31,832,000 -28,962,000 -47,020,000 -46,827,000 -40,406,000 -37,827,000 -55,706,000 -32,319,000 
          free cash flows
        		-2,834,000 28,134,000 38,015,000 127,635,000 -31,188,000 86,245,000 122,998,000 173,227,000 -15,840,000 35,841,000 163,556,000 184,605,000 -19,462,000 95,714,000 169,240,000 228,840,000 35,684,000 86,575,000 168,359,000 229,685,000 3,095,000    -90,016,000 34,733,000 146,297,000 129,698,000 -10,249,000 -12,415,000 97,138,000 54,947,000 -25,505,000 -28,201,000 63,013,000 36,289,000 -51,161,000 -3,481,000 114,862,000 24,128,000 -15,615,000 -33,819,000 104,243,000 61,539,000 -2,991,000 -40,239,000 107,468,000 73,478,000 -33,816,000 -26,929,000 140,759,000 17,851,000 -8,145,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        		-69,632,000 -50,262,000 -56,763,000 -53,561,000 -56,903,000 -26,223,000   -87,360,000 -71,389,000   -69,758,000    -35,110,000    -15,298,000    -49,249,000    -47,887,000 -38,802,000 -43,378,000 -52,027,000 -45,822,000 -32,432,000 -34,865,000 -46,172,000 -57,803,000 -24,166,000 -33,094,000 -55,524,000 -47,502,000 -39,869,000 -33,795,000 -42,760,000 -40,953,000 -31,464,000 -31,006,000 -46,745,000 -47,331,000 -40,573,000 -37,546,000 -55,471,000 -32,786,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
        		                                                     
          repayments of long-term debt
        		-3,856,000 -3,856,000 -3,856,000 -3,855,000 -3,856,000 -3,856,000   -2,933,000 -3,000,000   -3,000,000    -3,000,000    -3,876,000    -3,876,000    -3,877,000 -547,812,000 -5,926,000 -5,927,000 -5,927,000    -1,006,336,000                 
          proceeds from draws on revolving credit facility
        		80,000,000          0 0 20,000,000          0 0 272,500,000  50,000,000 164,000,000 55,000,000                         
          repayments of revolving credit facility
        		-50,000,000         0   -20,000,000            -10,000,000    -20,000,000 -10,000,000 0 -65,000,000 -5,000,000    -20,000,000                 
          purchase of treasury stock
        		-93,833,000    -4,599,000 -37,657,000   -16,898,000 0       -89,736,000        -12,406,000                 -30,000,000 -15,000,000 0 -5,650,000 -9,350,000 -2,000       
          payment of tax withholdings on equity-based compensation through shares withheld
        		-306,000 -822,000 -540,000 -604,000 -574,000 -114,000   -7,460,000 -298,000   -5,569,000    -7,738,000    -1,971,000    -3,160,000    -3,606,000 -1,035,000 -673,000 -635,000 -1,634,000 -475,000 -143,000 -721,000 -749,000 -25,000 -280,000 -990,000 -334,000 -5,000 -2,000 -831,000 -5,000 -79,000 -4,000 -52,000 -78,000     
          exercise of stock options
        		286,000 1,000 737,000 44,000 351,000 441,000 232,000 664,000 455,000 202,000 1,094,000 1,079,000 565,000 333,000 760,000 808,000 1,127,000 1,342,000 533,000 1,639,000 2,393,000 2,555,000 147,000 15,000 203,000 217,000 1,243,000 1,620,000 715,000 1,091,000 2,006,000 1,178,000 7,000 0 0   0 0 70,000 12,000             
          other financing activities
        		-277,000 -377,000 -377,000 -368,000 -362,000 -357,000   -281,000 -278,000   -93,000    -211,000    -2,158,000    -208,000    -168,000                         
          net cash from financing activities
        		-67,986,000 -149,162,000 -11,146,000 -9,379,000 -9,040,000 -47,187,000   -27,296,000 -3,374,000   -8,097,000    -99,558,000    -5,612,000 -8,106,000 174,037,000 215,454,000 242,819,000    28,006,000 -80,040,000 -4,614,000 -60,401,000 32,159,000 8,590,000 -46,103,000 -35,822,000 16,370,000 15,776,000 -87,467,000 -36,240,000 37,792,000 -67,165,000 -37,323,000 -52,078,000 2,734,000 -31,415,000 -53,238,000 -71,987,000 -21,281,000 -66,579,000 -24,460,000 16,483,000 22,304,000 
          change in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash
        		-70,820,000 -121,028,000   -40,228,000 39,058,000   -43,210,000 31,696,000 68,480,000 91,985,000 -27,559,000    -63,874,000 -110,672,000 -62,559,000 185,009,000 -2,517,000 -54,646,000 112,698,000 183,445,000 152,803,000 -11,665,000 7,771,000 -7,995,000 17,807,000 -92,365,000 92,652,000 -5,931,000 6,654,000                     
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash—beginning of period
        		99,762,000    115,893,000  0 0 246,922,000  0 0 82,320,000  0 0 444,486,000  0 0 435,225,000  0 0 40,925,000  0 0 35,007,000  0 0 33,997,000                     
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash—end of period
        		28,942,000    75,665,000  -155,217,000 28,340,000 203,712,000  68,480,000 91,985,000 54,761,000  -45,807,000 -219,313,000 380,612,000  -62,559,000 185,009,000 432,708,000  112,698,000 183,445,000 193,728,000  7,771,000 -7,995,000 52,814,000  92,652,000 -5,931,000 40,651,000                     
          supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities
        		                                                     
          capital expenditures in accounts payable
        		41,171,000  -11,520,000 6,331,000 38,100,000  -19,151,000 -11,829,000 57,556,000  -18,614,000 7,532,000 45,548,000  7,072,000 -5,884,000 31,483,000  3,357,000 2,974,000 15,763,000  -14,625,000 7,342,000 41,208,000  -2,293,000 -21,067,000 49,620,000  -9,590,000 -29,000 32,744,000 4,791,000 -13,297,000 20,895,000 12,237,000 8,208,000 -15,503,000 -15,192,000 41,567,000 10,339,000 -580,000 -5,453,000 24,437,000 12,114,000 -8,599,000 -9,291,000 31,506,000 2,711,000 -6,965,000 -3,134,000 34,548,000 
          right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
        		12,961,000                                                     
          net income
        		 15,053,000 89,325,000   27,897,000 119,677,000   40,053,000 123,555,000   49,010,000 134,557,000   71,538,000 102,097,000       -24,183,000 98,028,000   -11,053,000        -11,905,000    -11,028,000    -25,446,000    -13,507,000    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
        		                                                     
          loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs
        		                 0                0 0 123,000 8,020,000     557,000 0           
          deferred income tax provision
        		 3,596,000 26,062,000   -2,660,000 36,918,000   10,497,000 44,742,000   17,431,000 51,526,000   -13,009,000 8,210,000       -1,707,000 34,242,000       -12,040,000    -18,468,000    -11,216,000    -17,356,000   -32,772,000 -7,912,000 64,390,000 -8,414,000 -24,046,000 
          other including loss on impairment or disposal of assets
        		                                                     
          right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities
        		 98,000 105,000   145,000 179,000   110,000 132,000   111,000 115,000   82,000 90,000                                   
          other investing activities
        		     0   -74,000                 0   50,000 90,000 128,000   129,000                    
          proceeds from the issuance of debt
        		     -1,000,000 0                           0 0       0 0       0 0   
          proceeds from draw on revolving credit facility
        		                             40,000,000 0 10,000,000 45,000,000 15,000,000 0 20,000,000 60,649,000 24,351,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 60,000,000 15,000,000 0 0 45,000,000 0 0       
          purchase of treasury stock, including related excise tax paid
        		 -144,108,000 -7,110,000                                                   
          debt issuance costs
        		     -4,644,000   -179,000                -234,000         0 0 0 -15,390,000     0 0       0 -7,000   
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash—beginning of year
        		                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash—end of year
        		                                                     
          supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities
        		                                                     
          capital expenditures in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        		                                                     
          excise tax accrued on treasury stock repurchases
        		                                                     
          treasury stock purchases not yet settled in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        		                                                     
          loss on early extinguishment and modification of debt and write-off of debt issuance costs and discounts
        		      0                                               
          cash and cash equivalents—beginning of period
        		  0                                0 0 68,958,000 0 0 0 18,971,000 0 0 0 43,906,000 0 0 0 116,841,000 0 0 0 45,675,000 
          supplemental information:
        		                                                     
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for financing lease obligations
        		          1,130,000            0 0 208,000                             
          cash paid for income taxes
        		  718,000                                                   
          treasury stock purchases not yet settled in other accrued liabilities
        		       1,442,000 3,264,000      -4,458,000 -10,413,000 20,169,000                                     
          change in cash and cash equivalents
        		                                 -19,164,000 18,508,000 617,000 -35,741,000 13,151,000 26,573,000 -12,258,000 22,521,000 -100,680,000 66,720,000 9,562,000 -537,000 -71,286,000 52,186,000 1,766,000 -55,601,000 -93,675,000 116,580,000 34,569,000 13,692,000 
          cash and cash equivalents—end of period
        		                                  18,508,000 617,000 33,217,000 13,151,000 26,573,000 -12,258,000 41,492,000 -100,680,000 66,720,000 9,562,000 43,369,000 -71,286,000 52,186,000 1,766,000 61,240,000 -93,675,000 116,580,000 34,569,000 59,367,000 
          loss on early extinguishment and modification of debt and write off of debt issuance costs and discounts
        		                                                     
          supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
        		                                                     
          loss on early extinguishment and modification of debt
        		        542,000                                             
          other financing arrangements
        		                 0 0 0 4,239,000 1,053,000 0                               
          proceeds from issuance of debt
        		                                    998,306,000                 
          proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes
        		                      491,323,000                               
          right-of-use assets and operating lease obligations
        		                      165,000   131,000 107,000                           
          right of use assets and operating lease obligations
        		                        133,000                             
          goodwill impairment charge
        		                                                     
          loss on impairment or disposal of assets
        		                         846,000                            
          supplemental disclosure of noncash investing activities:
        		                                                     
          loss on sale or disposal of assets
        		                           505,000 45,000 7,204,000 4,826,000 7,255,000 396,000   209,000 1,739,000 2,817,000 104,000 217,000 6,502,000 2,351,000 590,000 3,120,000 624,000 4,098,000 601,000 185,000 908,000     
          right of use assets-operating
        		                            1,189,000                         
          operating lease obligations
        		                            -1,061,000                         
          dividends paid to stockholders
        		                            -58,000 0 -21,000 -17,000 -287,000 -9,000 -33,000 -1,392,000 -110,000 -8,550,000 -17,975,000 -21,107,000 -17,674,000 -17,948,000 -18,108,000 -18,164,000 -18,098,000 -18,474,000 -18,232,000 -17,716,000 -17,691,000 -18,051,000 -17,940,000   
          dividends declared, but unpaid
        		                            23,000 -17,000 -23,000 -12,000 136,000 -35,000 -160,000 -150,000 815,000 -8,559,000 -9,382,000 -2,958,000 21,807,000 -17,966,000 5,000 18,000 18,373,000 -18,475,000 57,000 575,000 18,015,000 -284,000 151,000   
          loss on derivatives
        		                                     0 0 0 1,000 -1,000 1,000 1,000 286,000         
          goodwill impairment charges
        		                                  0                   
          deferred benefit from income tax
        		                              36,301,000 11,994,000 -23,817,000    -41,801,000                 
          accounts payable
        		                                 2,020,000 -20,428,000 -1,443,000 27,198,000 6,362,000 -20,941,000 9,419,000 8,760,000 4,294,000 -28,551,000 17,761,000 9,019,000 -5,045,000 -28,443,000 14,061,000 10,636,000 8,322,000 -30,099,000 14,975,000 11,095,000 
          other accrued expenses
        		                                 -3,241,000 4,349,000 7,287,000 -12,087,000 4,510,000 3,470,000 3,435,000 866,000 -8,857,000 3,453,000 -7,056,000 10,113,000 -14,925,000 9,744,000 -5,616,000 10,034,000 -15,992,000 10,989,000 -8,127,000 12,306,000 
          acquisition of intangible assets
        		                                             0        
          change in restricted cash
        		                                 318,000 83,000 150,000 -950,000 856,000 -822,000 -146,000 344,000 424,000 -200,000 101,000 -280,000 368,000 -144,000 275,000 -504,000 -167,000 281,000 235,000 -467,000 
          repayment of long-term debt
        		                                 -5,926,000 -5,927,000   0 -4,212,000 -4,213,000 -4,212,000 -34,212,000 -4,213,000 -264,212,000 -3,513,000 -3,512,000 -35,000,000 -3,513,000 -3,512,000 -3,513,000 -3,513,000 -177,000,000 -5,229,000 
          repayment of revolving credit facility
        		                                 0 -40,000,000   0 -80,000,000   0 0 -30,000,000 -15,000,000 0 0       
          redemption premium payment
        		                                         0 0       0 0   
          cash and cash equivalents—beginning of year
        		                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents—end of year
        		                                                     
          loss on sale or disposal/impairment of assets
        		                                                     
          treasury stock purchases settled in january 2015
        		                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions
        		                                                     
          repayment of note payable
        		                                                 0    
          offering costs
        		                                                 0 0   
          loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and deferred financing costs
        		                                             0    0 0   
          acquisition of knott’s soak city water park
        		                                                     
          issuance of notes payable related to business acquisition
        		                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of underwriter commissions
        		                                                  0   
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
        		                                                     
          loss on sale or disposal of property and equipment
        		                                                  3,894,000 88,000 4,147,000 
          draw on / (repayment of) revolving credit facility
        		                                                    30,000,000 
          dividend paid to stockholders
        		                                                    -184,000 
          deferred offering costs
        		                                                    -2,283,000