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Property and Equipment | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Note 6. Property and Equipment During the three months ended September 30, 2013, Viad sold a facility and the land upon which it was situated within the Marketing & Events Group for $12.7 million (net of selling costs). Viad recorded a gain on the sale of the facility and related land of $4.8 million. Property and equipment consisted of the following:
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Land and land interests |  | $ | 23,951 |  |  | $ | 26,124 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements |  |  | 137,932 |  |  |  | 137,293 |
Equipment and other |  |  | 308,836 |  |  |  | 310,448 |
|  |  | 470,719 |  |  |  | 473,865 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (281,119 | ) |  |  | (276,567 | )
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 189,600 |  |  | $ | 197,298 |
Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, was $7.1 million and $8.4 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, was $20.8 million and $23.1 million, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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