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Asset Acquisitions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Asset Acquisitions [Abstract] 
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired [Table Text Block]
ASSET ACQUISITIONS

We account for the acquisition of assets in business combination transactions in accordance with the accounting standards, which require that the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recorded at their estimated fair values.

In September 2011, the Company acquired the membership interests of a limited liability company (the "LLC") for a purchase price of $24.5 million. The primary asset of the LLC is a previously executed development agreement (the "Development Agreement") with a Native American Tribe (the "Tribe"). The Development Agreement establishes the terms between the LLC and the Tribe under which a gaming facility will be developed on the Tribe's land. The Development Agreement provides a fee of 5% of gross revenues of the gaming operations, (subject to a maximum percentage capped by Indian Gaming Regulation), upon completion of development, and for a subsequent period of seven years.

The fair value of the assets of the LLC was allocated in our consolidated financial statements as follows:

 
 
 
September 30, 2011
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Assets acquired:
 
 
 
Intangible value of Development Agreement
 
 
$
21,373

Note receivable from Tribe (at present value)
 
 
3,127

Purchase price
 
 
$
24,500

 
 
 
 
Other than the obligation under the Development Agreement to develop the gaming facility, there were no liabilities assumed in connection with the acquisition of the LLC. In addition to approximately $4.5 million expended by the prior owners of the LLC related to pre-development efforts, we are obligated to fund certain pre-development costs, which are estimated to be approximately $1 million to $2 million annually, for the next several years. These costs are reimbursable to us with future cash flows from the operations of the gaming facility and are evidenced by a note receivable from the Tribe.