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INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
3. | INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible Assets, Net consists of the following:
|  | September 30, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets/Contractual Rights |  | $ | 1,464,017 |  |  | $ | 1,464,017 |
Accumulated Amortization |  |  | (1,083,714 | ) |  |  | (1,005,184 | )
Intangible Assets, Net |  | $ | 380,303 |  |  | $ | 458,833 |
Amortization expense associated with Blackstone’s intangible assets was $29.5 million and $77.9 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and $25.1 million and $76.9 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Amortization of Intangible Assets held at September 30, 2015 is expected to be $95.6 million, $85.6 million, $46.5 million, $46.5 million, and $46.4 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. Blackstone’s intangible assets as of September 30, 2015 are expected to amortize over a weighted-average period of 6.5 years.

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