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Property and Equipment | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Property and Equipment, Net Property and equipment consisted of the following as of the respective periods:
(in thousands) | June 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Land and land interests | $ | 23,599 |  |  | $ | 23,646 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements | 133,334 |  |  | 139,889 |
Equipment and other | 298,114 |  |  | 294,409 |
Gross property and equipment | 455,047 |  |  | 457,944 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (271,579 | ) |  | (267,614 | )
Property and equipment, net | $ | 183,468 |  |  | $ | 190,330 |
Depreciation expense for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 was $6.9 million and for both the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 was $13.4 million. In the second quarter of 2014, Viad recorded impairment charges of $0.9 million at the Marketing & Events Group related to the write-off of certain internally developed software.

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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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