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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt |
|  |  |  | Long-Term Debt
|  |  |  | December 31,
|  |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  |  |  |  | (amounts in thousands)
| Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Revolver, due November 17, 2022 |  | $ | 180,000 |  | $ | 143,000
|  | Term B-1 Loan, due November 17, 2024 |  |  | 1,291,700 |  |  | 1,330,000
|  | Plus unamortized premium |  |  | 2,470 |  |  | 2,904
|  |  |  |  | 1,474,170 |  |  | 1,475,904
| Senior Notes |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 7.250% senior unsecured notes, due October 17, 2024 |  |  | 400,000 |  |  | 400,000
|  | Plus unamortized premium |  |  | 14,158 |  |  | 16,584
|  |  |  |  | 414,158 |  |  | 416,584
| Other Debt |  |  |  |  |
|  | Other |  |  | 912 |  |  | 70
Total debt before deferred financing costs |  |  | 1,889,240 |  |  | 1,892,558
|  | Current amount of long-term debt |  |  | - |  |  | (13,319)
|  | Deferred financing costs (excludes the revolving credit) |  |  | (17,037) |  |  | (19,797)
Total long-term debt, net of current debt |  | $ | 1,872,203 |  | $ | 1,859,442
Outstanding standby letters of credit |  | $ | 5,862 |  | $ | 1,856
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 101,497 |  | $ | 31,266 |  | $ | 33,799
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 3,189 |  |  | 2,333 |  |  | 2,585
Amortization of original issue discount (premium) of senior notes |  |  | (2,862) |  |  | (962) |  |  | 312
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (703) |  |  | (116) |  |  | (57)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 101,121 |  | $ | 32,521 |  | $ | 36,639
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt |
| Principal Debt Maturities
| Term B-1 Loan |  | Revolver |  | Senior Notes |  | Other |  | Total
| (amounts in thousands)
Years ending December 31: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2019 | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 59 |  | $ | 59
2020 |  | 1,600 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 47 |  |  | 1,647
2021 |  | 13,300 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 35 |  |  | 13,335
2022 |  | 13,300 |  |  | 180,000 |  |  | - |  |  | 30 |  |  | 193,330
2023 |  | 13,300 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 30 |  |  | 13,330
Thereafter |  | 1,250,200 |  |  | - |  |  | 400,000 |  |  | 711 |  |  | 1,650,911
Total | $ | 1,291,700 |  | $ | 180,000 |  | $ | 400,000 |  | $ | 912 |  | $ | 1,872,612

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