Intangible and Other Assets, net (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs, gross carrying amount	$ 40,066	$ 41,790
Deferred financing costs, accumulated amortization	(19,454)	(17,995)
Intangible assets and deferred financing costs, gross carrying amount	221,740	223,464
Intangible assets and deferred financing costs, accumulated amortization	(100,306)	(81,754)
Marketing related (5 year life)
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Gross Carrying Amount	330	330
Accumulated Amortization	$ (312)	(268)
Useful life	5 years
Customer related (10-25 year life)
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 107,008	107,008
Accumulated Amortization	$ (53,957)	(47,859)
Customer related (10-25 year life) \| Minimum
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Useful life	10 years
Customer related (10-25 year life) \| Maximum
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Useful life	25 years
Contract based (5-7 year life)
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 74,336	74,336
Accumulated Amortization	$ (26,583)	$ (15,632)
Contract based (5-7 year life) \| Minimum
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Useful life	5 years
Contract based (5-7 year life) \| Maximum
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Deferred Financing Costs
Useful life	7 years

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Amount of accumulated amortization of debt issuance costs.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 30
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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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