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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 12 – Related Party Transactions

As of March 31, 2020, the Company leased its office headquarters building from a company 33% beneficially owned by Blake L. Sartini, 5% owned by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Sartini’s immediate family members (including Blake L. Sartini, II) for which Mr. Sartini serves as trustee, and 3% beneficially owned by Stephen A. Arcana. The lease for the Company’s office headquarters building expires on December 31, 2030. The rent expense for the office headquarters building was $0.3 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. No amount was owed to the Company, and no amount was due and payable by the Company, under this lease as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Additionally, a portion of the office headquarters building was sublet to a company owned or controlled by Mr. Sartini. Rental income during each of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 for the sublet portion of the office headquarters building was less than $0.1 million. No amount was owed to the Company under such sublease as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Mr. Sartini serves as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is co-trustee of The Blake L. Sartini and Delise F. Sartini Family Trust, which is a significant shareholder of the Company. Mr. Arcana serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

 

In November 2018, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space in a building to be constructed and owned by a company 33% beneficially owned by Mr. Sartini, 5% owned by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Sartini’s immediate family members (including Blake L. Sartini, II) for which Mr. Sartini serves as trustee, and 3% beneficially owned by Mr. Arcana. The lease is intended to commence in 2020 and expires on December 31, 2030. The rent expense for the space is expected to be approximately $0.3 million per year. Additionally, the lease agreement includes a right of first refusal for additional space on the second floor of the building.

One tavern location that the Company had previously leased from a related party was sold in the second quarter of 2019 to an unrelated third party. The rent expense for the tavern location leased from a related party (for the period in which the lease was with a related party) was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. No tavern locations were leased from related parties during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, under aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreements between the Company and Sartini Enterprises, Inc. a company controlled by Mr. Sartini. The Company owed less than $0.1 million under the aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreements as of March 31, 2020 and no amount was owed to the Company as of December 31, 2019.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded revenues of $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, and the Company recorded gaming expenses of $0.2 million in each period, related to the use of the Company’s slots at a distributed gaming location owned in part by Sean T. Higgins, who serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Government Affairs. De minimis amounts were owed to the Company and were due and payable by the Company related to this arrangement as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.