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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Current Leases | The following table details the future minimum lease payments under the Company's current leases (dollars in thousands):
| Payments due by period
| 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | Thereafter
Operating Lease Obligations | $ | 20,337 |  |  | $ | 20,933 |  |  | $ | 20,531 |  |  | $ | 22,339 |  |  | $ | 20,717 |  |  | $ | 1,227,854 |
Capital Lease Obligations (1) (2) | 1,885 |  |  | 19,083 |  |  | 848 |  |  | 848 |  |  | 848 |  |  | 39,087 |
| $ | 22,222 |  |  | $ | 40,016 |  |  | $ | 21,379 |  |  | $ | 23,187 |  |  | $ | 21,565 |  |  | $ | 1,266,941 |
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(1) | Aggregate capital lease payments include $28,318 in interest costs.
(2) | At December 31, 2014, capital lease assets of $31,784 are included as a component of land and improvements on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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