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Note 7 - Land Held for Sale (Details Textual) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 28, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 28, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2014 | May. 15, 2014
Penn National [Member] | Option Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual Payment Option, Land Available for Development | $ 100,000 |  |  | $ 100,000 |  |  |
Penn National [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Option Agreement Right to Purchase Land |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |
Land Purchase Option |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,500,000
Land [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset Impairment Charges |  |  |  | 0 |  | $ 0 |
Assets Held-for-sale, Not Part of Disposal Group | $ 960,000 |  |  | 960,000 |  |  |
Asset Impairment Charges |  | $ 20,997,000 |  | $ 682,000 | $ 20,997,000 |  |

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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2420-110228 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3602-108585 + Details
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