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Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 6.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Wilton Rancheria Agreements
In 2012, the Company entered into a development agreement and a management agreement with Wilton Rancheria. The development agreement obligated us to fund certain pre-development costs to assist Wilton Rancheria in its development and oversight of the gaming facility construction. The pre-development costs financed by us were to be repaid under the terms of a note receivable with Wilton Rancheria bearing interest at 12.5% with payment timing and the payment amount subject to an excess cash flow waterfall payment prioritization and maintenance of a certain leverage ratio, among other restrictions under Wilton Rancheria’s third-party credit agreement that provided funding for the construction project. Given the significant barriers of the project, a majority of the advances made during the 10-year period were historically reserved in full when advanced. The Sky River Casino opened on August 15, 2022 and after generating cash flows from operations, we updated our evaluation of expected losses on the note receivable which resulted in a partial release of the allowance during the fourth quarter of 2022. The Wilton Rancheria amended their third-party credit agreement in March 2023 and such amendment effectively allowed Sky River Casino to begin making previously disallowed distributions, under the excess cash flow waterfall. Given the amendment in the first quarter of 2023, the Company updated its evaluation of its expected losses on the note receivable. As the amendment allowed for quarterly payments to begin and given the sustained operating strength of the recently opened property, the Company concluded it expected to receive all payments due under the note receivable. As such, the Company removed the remaining allowance on the note receivable in the first quarter of 2023, which represented a reserve on both the development advances and interest on the note. The allowance reduction was thus allocated accordingly and $20.1 million is recorded in project development, preopening and writedowns and  $14.3 million is recorded in interest income, both reflected in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Company received  $0.2  million in principal payments and $0.2  million in interest due under the note receivable during the  three months ended  March 31, 2024, and  $17.3  million in principal payments and $5.1  million in interest due under the note receivable during the  three months ended March 31, 2023. As of  March 31, 2024, the principal outstanding on the note receivable was fully repaid. Separately, the management agreement provides for us to manage the gaming facility upon opening for a period of seven years and receive a monthly management fee for our services based on the monthly performance of the gaming facility. The management fee of $22.2 million and  $20.0 million for our management services for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is paid monthly and recorded in management fee revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
 
Commitments
As of March 31, 2024, there have been no material changes to our commitments described under Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies, in our Annual Report on Form  10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on February 26, 2024.
 
Contingencies
Legal Matters
We are parties to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We believe that all pending claims, if adversely decided, would not have a material effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.