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Noncontrolling Interest
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
Noncontrolling Interest
NONCONTROLLING INTEREST

Noncontrolling interest represents: (i) the 50% interest in Holding Company, held by the Divestiture Trust for the economic benefit of MGM, which was initially recorded at fair value at the date of the effective change in control, on March 24, 2010; and (ii) until the Echelon transaction, which closed on March 4, 2013, all 100% of the members' equity interest in LVE, the variable interest entity which had been consolidated in our financial statements, but in which we did not hold an equity interest.

Changes in the noncontrolling interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 are as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
 
Holding Company
 
LVE
 
Other
 
Total
(In thousands)
 
Balance, January 1, 2013
$
208,277

 
$
(44,961
)
 
$
20

 
$
163,336

     Attributable net loss
(7,596
)
 
(443
)
 

 
(8,039
)
Deconsolidation of LVE on March 4, 2013

 
45,404

 

 
45,404

Balance, September 30, 2013
$
200,681

 
$

 
$
20

 
$
200,701