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Overview and Basis of Presentation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
Revenue in Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | Prior to January 1, 2018, we presented revenue in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in three separate line items as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |
(in thousands) |  | March 31, 2017 |
Revenue: |  |  |  |
Exhibition and event services |  | $ | 275,948 |
Exhibits and environments |  |  | 41,923 |
Pursuit services |  |  | 7,936 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 325,807 |
In connection with the adoption of Topic 606, we changed the presentation of revenue in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and now present total services revenue and total products revenue. As a result, we changed the prior reporting period to conform to the current period presentation as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |
(in thousands) |  | March 31, 2017 |
Revenue: |  |  |  |
Services |  | $ | 290,643 |
Products |  |  | 35,164 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 325,807 |
ASU 2017-07 |
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
Impact of Recent Accounting Pronouncements on Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | The following table also summarizes the impact of adopting ASU 2017-07 on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 |
(in thousands) |  | As Previously Reported |  |  | Reclassifications to Conform with Revenue Presentation |  |  | ASU 2017-07 |  |  | As Newly Reported |
Cost of services |  | $ | 273,609 |  |  | $ | 7,412 |  |  | $ | (383 | ) |  | $ | 280,638 |
Cost of products |  | $ | 39,514 |  |  | $ | (7,412 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 32,102 |
Corporate activities |  | $ | 2,610 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (69 | ) |  | $ | 2,541 |
Other expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 452 |  |  | $ | 452 |
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 |
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
Impact of Recent Accounting Pronouncements on Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | The following table summarizes the impact of adopting Topic 606 on our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 |
(in thousands) |  | Balances without Adoption of Topic 606 |  |  | Effect of Change |  |  | As Reported |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
GES services |  | $ | 237,793 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 237,793 |
GES products |  | $ | 29,913 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 29,913 |
Pursuit services |  | $ | 7,755 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 7,755 |
Pursuit products |  | $ | 1,967 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 1,967 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costs of services |  | $ | 258,142 |  |  | $ | (847 | ) |  | $ | 257,295 |
Costs of products |  | $ | 31,122 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 31,122 |
Income tax benefit |  | $ | (4,852 | ) |  | $ | 214 |  |  | $ | (4,638 | )
Net loss |  | $ | (10,468 | ) |  | $ | (633 | ) |  | $ | (9,835 | )

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