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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Note 6. Property and Equipment Property and equipment consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Land and land interests |  | $ | 29,032 |  |  | $ | 30,360 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements |  |  | 135,381 |  |  |  | 138,104 |
Equipment and other |  |  | 270,957 |  |  |  | 319,435 |
Gross property and equipment |  |  | 435,370 |  |  |  | 487,899 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (246,131 | ) |  |  | (288,328 | )
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 189,239 |  |  | $ | 199,571 |
Included in the “Equipment and other” caption above are capitalized costs incurred in developing or obtaining internal use software. The net carrying amount of capitalized software was $12.3 million and $17.0 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Included in the “Land and land interests” caption above are certain leasehold interests in land within the Travel & Recreation Group for which the Company is considered to have perpetual use rights. The carrying amount of these leasehold interests was $7.7 million and $9.1 million at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These land interests are not subject to amortization. Depreciation expense was $28.1 million for both 2015 and 2014 and $27.4 million for 2013. During 2015, Viad recorded an impairment charge of $0.1 million related to the write-off of certain software in the Travel & Recreation Group. During 2014 and 2013, Viad recorded impairment charges of $0.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively, at the Marketing & Events Group, primarily related to the write off of certain internally developed software. These impairment losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations under the caption “Other impairment charges.”

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