STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

Share-Based Compensation

We account for share-based awards exchanged for employee services in accordance with the authoritative accounting guidance for share-based payments. Under the guidance, share-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the employee's requisite service period.

The following table provides classification detail of the total costs related to our share-based employee compensation plans reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.



	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
(In thousands)	2015		2014			2015		2014
Gaming	$	68	$	49		$	191	$	231
Food and beverage	12		9			36		44
Room	6		4			17		21
Selling, general and administrative	345		247			969		1,173
Corporate expense	1,429		1,217			7,014		9,962
Other operating items, net	—		(192		)	—		(192		)
Total share-based compensation expense	$	1,860	$	1,334		$	8,227	$	11,239

Performance Shares Vesting

The Performance Share Unit ("PSU") grant awarded in December 2011 vested during first quarter 2015. A total of 654,478 common shares, representing approximately 1.67 shares per PSU, were issued based on the determination by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of our actual achievement of net revenue growth, Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA") growth and customer service scores for the three-year performance period of the grant. The actual achievement level under these award metrics equaled the estimated performance as of year-end 2014; therefore, the vesting of the PSUs did not impact compensation costs in our 2015 condensed consolidated statement of operations.

As provided under the provisions of our Stock Incentive Plan, certain of the participants elected to surrender a portion of the shares to be received to pay the withholding and other payroll taxes payable on the compensation resulting from the vesting of the PSUs. Of the 654,478 shares issued, a total of 177,274 shares were surrendered by the participants for this purpose, resulting in a net issuance of 477,204 shares due to the vesting of the 2011 grant.