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Finance Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items] |
Schedule of finance leases other information | ​
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​ | ​ | Year ended | ​ | ​ | Year ended
​ | ​ | December 31, 2020 | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2019
Cash payments (in thousands) | $ | 471 | ​ | $ | 255
Weighted average remaining lease term (years) | ​ | 5.6 | ​ | ​ | 7.7
Weighted average discount rate | ​ | 8.2% | ​ | ​ | 8.8%
Finance obligation |
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items] |
Schedule of future minimum lease payments under finance obligations | Future minimum payments under finance obligations notes above as of December 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands): ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Total
​ | ​ | Sale of Future | ​ | ​ | Sale/leaseback | Finance
​ | ​ | revenue - debt | ​ | ​ | financings | Obligations
2021 | $ | 41,670 | ​ | $ | 9,327 | ​ | $ | 50,997
2022 | ​ | 39,268 | ​ | ​ | 4,975 | ​ | ​ | 44,243
2023 | ​ | 39,268 | ​ | ​ | 3,149 | ​ | ​ | 42,417
2024 | ​ | 39,268 | ​ | ​ | 16,154 | ​ | ​ | 55,422
2025 and thereafter | ​ | 53,385 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 53,385
Total future minimum payments | ​ | 212,859 | ​ | ​ | 33,605 | ​ | ​ | 246,464
Less imputed interest | ​ | (55,158) | ​ | ​ | (9,753) | ​ | ​ | (64,911)
Total | $ | 157,701 | ​ | $ | 23,852 | ​ | $ | 181,553
Schedule of finance leases other information | ​
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​ | ​ | Year ended | ​ | ​ | Year ended
​ | ​ | December 31, 2020 | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2019
Cash payments (in thousands) | $ | 44,245 | ​ | $ | 76,244
Weighted average remaining term (years) | ​ | 5.0 | ​ | ​ | 5.3
Weighted average discount rate | ​ | 11.3% | ​ | ​ | 11.2%

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