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Selected Quarterly Financial Results - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Loss on early retirement of debt	$ (171,000)	$ (142,000)					$ (198,151)	$ (3,619)	$ (45,696)
Loss on early retirement of debt per share		$ 0.21					$ 0.28
Tax (benefit) expense				$ 92,000		$ (72,000)	$ 632,345	50,112	$ (1,127,394)
Tax (benefit) expense, per share				$ 0.17		$ (0.13)
Bellagio [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Recognized gain on sale, unconsolidated affiliates and reversal of basis differences		$ 2,700,000					$ 2,700,000
Gain on acquisition per share		$ 4.04					$ 3.95
Grand Victoria [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Recognized gain on sale, unconsolidated affiliates and reversal of basis differences					$ 45,000			$ 45,000
Gain on acquisition per share					$ 0.07			$ 0.06
Mandarin Oriental [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Gain on acquisition					$ 12,000			$ 12,000
Gain on acquisition per share					$ 0.02			$ 0.02
Mandalay Bay [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Business interruption insurance proceeds				$ 24,000				$ 24,000
Business interruption insurance proceeds, per share				$ 0.04				$ 0.03
Circus Circus Las Vegas and Adjacent Land [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge			$ 219,000				$ 219,000
Non-cash impairment charge per share			$ 0.33				$ 0.32

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