| Note 7 - Commitments and Contingencies | 3 Months Ended |
| Mar. 31, 2014 |
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| 7. Commitments and Contingencies |
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| Letters of Credit |
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| We maintain two irrevocable standby letters of credit. The first irrevocable standby letter of credit is with the State of Nevada, Division of Insurance which acts as a security deposit providing coverage for workers compensation claims/liabilities since the Company is self-insured. This is reviewed annually by the State of Nevada and can be adjusted based on the Company’s prior workers compensation claims experience. The outstanding balance is currently $200,000 and automatically renews on an annual basis. The second irrevocable standby letter of credit is with Starbucks Coffee Company for $35,000. This is to ensure performance of the Company’s obligations to Starbucks for the term of the ten year licensing agreement which commenced on December 14, 2010. |
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| Self-Insurance Reserves |
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| We are self-insured up to certain stop-loss amounts for employee health coverage for non-union employees as well as workers compensation and general liability cost. Insurance claims and reserves include accruals of estimated settlements for known claims as provided by a third party. In estimating these accruals, we consider historical loss experience and make judgments about the expected levels of costs per claim. We believe our estimates of future liability are reasonable based upon our methodology; however, changes in health care costs, accident frequency and severity and other factors could materially affect the estimate for these liabilities. We continually monitor changes in claim type and incident and evaluate the insurance accrual making necessary adjustments based on the evaluation of these qualitative data points. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the estimated liabilities for unpaid and incurred but not reported claims totaled $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively. |
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| Customer Loyalty Program |
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| We provide a customer loyalty program (the “Program”) at our casino, which allows customers to redeem points earned from their gaming activity for slot play, food, beverage, rooms or merchandise. Under the Program, customers are able to accumulate points which may be redeemed in the future, subject to certain limitations and the terms of the Program. We accrue a liability for the estimated cost of the outstanding points that we believe will ultimately be redeemed which is calculated based on the total number of points earned, converted to a redemption value based on the average number of points needed to convert to rewards. The offset to this liability is recorded in contra casino revenue. |
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| We also have a promotion for new members, Even the Odds Program (“Even the Odds”), which allows first-time customers to be reimbursed for their losses up to $200. Under the current promotion rules, a customer’s actual rated slot loss up to $200 is reimbursed in free slot play with 50% reimbursement on the first day of sign up and the remaining 50% is reimbursed thirty days after their loss up to one year from initial play. We record a liability for the estimated cost of the reimbursements under Even the Odds based on our estimate of redemption. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the estimated accrual for the costs of the Program and Even the Odds redemption totaled $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively. |
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| General Litigation |
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| We are occasionally party to routine lawsuits arising from the normal operations of a hotel and casino. As with all ligation, no assurance can be provided as to the outcome of such matters. Other than the items discussed below under “Bankruptcy Litigation”, there are no other pending legal proceedings to which we are party to and that are material in relation to our condensed consolidated financial statements. |
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| Bankruptcy Litigation |
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| The Company was formed in June 2009 for the purpose of owning and operating Tropicana Las Vegas Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries (the “Predecessor”), including the operations of Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, LLC (“Tropicana Las Vegas”) in connection with the reorganization of Tropicana Entertainment Holdings, LLC (“TEH”) and certain of its subsidiaries, under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code or Bankruptcy Code. |
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| On May 5, 2008 (the “Petition Date”), TEH together with certain of its subsidiaries, including the Predecessor, filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) for relief, seeking to reorganize their businesses under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Chapter 11 Cases”). As TEH and certain of its subsidiaries progressed towards an exit from the Chapter 11 Cases, it was determined that given their capital structures and the claims arising there under, as well as the nature of the business operations, two separate plans were warranted. Accordingly, TEH proposed two separate plans of reorganization, one for the Predecessor (“the Bankruptcy Plan”) and one for TEH’s other gaming properties. The Bankruptcy Plan was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on May 5, 2009 and became effective on July 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”). |
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| Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Plan, among other things, we assumed certain obligations and liabilities of the Predecessor. The following represents the current status of such obligations as well as remaining litigation matters. We assumed to pay $0.4 million in satisfaction of the Predecessor’s unsecured claims. To date, we have paid, or have been deemed by order of the Bankruptcy Court to have satisfied $0.3 million of those unsecured claims and have a remaining $0.1 million recorded as a liability in accounts payable. With regard to allowed priority and cure claims and non-professional fee administrative expenses, we have paid approximately $2.9 million which does not include certain disputed administrative/priority claims (“Disputed Claims”) in the aggregate asserted amount of approximately $1.5 million discussed below. We do not anticipate any material additions to such claims or expenses and given our position we have not recognized any additional liability. |
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| The professionals employed at the expense of the bankruptcy estates of the Predecessor and other debtors have filed applications for allowance of approximately $13.5 million in professional fees and expenses against the Predecessor. We dispute and have objected to many of those applications in advance of hearings before the Bankruptcy Court, the first of which occurred on May 11, 2011, and addressed issues of allocation of fees and expenses between the Predecessor and TEH. Following the May 11, 2011 hearing, the Bankruptcy Court requested post-hearing submissions from the parties, which were filed on June 30, 2011. A second hearing on all other issues subject to the objections will occur approximately eight (8) weeks after the resolution of the allocation issues, which have been under submission with, and pending a ruling from the Bankruptcy Court. We believe that our potential liability in respect of such claimed professional fees and expenses is approximately $3.4 million. Management cannot predict the outcome of these Bankruptcy claims and proceedings, therefore, no assurance can be provided as to the ultimate amount that will be paid. We currently have approximately $5.0 million in restricted funds reserved in connection with the reorganization of the Predecessor for the sole purpose of satisfying liabilities related to professional services incurred as part of the Chapter 11 Cases. |
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| With regard to the Disputed Claims discussed above, Wimar Tahoe Corporation (“Wimar”) and Columbia Sussex Corporation (“CSC”) are companies related by common ownership to the Predecessor that provided management services to and incurred expenses through September 2008, which were charged to the Predecessor. Both companies seek allowance and payment by the Predecessor of administrative expense and/or priority claims in the Chapter 11 Cases in the aggregate amount of $0.8 million. Oral arguments on dispositive cross motions for summary judgment were conducted on September 27, 2011, and we are awaiting the Bankruptcy Court ruling. We currently have recorded a liability in the amount of $0.8 million in accounts payable for these claims. |
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| Finally, TEH has asserted two claims against the Predecessor in the Chapter 11 Cases. The first claim is in regard to the Disputed Claims discussed above, and has been asserted as an administrative/priority claim in the amount of approximately $0.5 million. That claim covers management fees and an unliquidated contingent claim relating to alleged workers’ compensation liabilities. We dispute the workers’ compensation liabilities claim in its entirety and a portion of the claimed management fees. Given our position, we have not recorded any liability associated with this Disputed Claim. With regard to the second claim, TEH has asserted that the Predecessor should be responsible for payment of the entire amount of fees and expenses ultimately allocated to the Predecessor, an amount that TEH asserts should be 50% of the entire amount requested. The Company, on the other hand, has taken the position that, pursuant to the Bankruptcy Plan, it is responsible only for the Predecessor’s appropriate allocation of professional fees and expenses that were unpaid at the time of confirmation of the Bankruptcy Plan, which would be an amount less than the amount of fees and expenses that the Company’s objections concede should be allocated to the Predecessor. Given our position, we have not recorded any liability associated with this claim. Management cannot predict the outcome and no assurance can be given that the claims asserted will ultimately be disallowed or will not have a material adverse impact on the Company. |
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| Contingencies |
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| In the ordinary course of business, we enter into numerous agreements that contain standard guarantees and indemnities whereby we indemnify another party for breaches of representations and warranties. Many of these parties are also indemnified against any third party claim resulting from the transaction that is contemplated in the underlying agreement such as a lease agreement. While some of these guarantees extend only for the duration of the underlying agreement, many survive the expiration of the term of the agreement. There are no explicit limitations on the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under some of these guarantees. We are unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these guarantees as the triggering events are not predictable. We maintain insurance coverage that mitigates some potential payments to be made. |
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| Environmental Matters |
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| Portions of Tropicana Las Vegas are known to contain asbestos as well as other environmental conditions, which may include the presence of mold. The environmental conditions may require remediation in isolated areas. The extent of such potential conditions cannot be determined definitively, and may result in additional expense in the event that additional or currently unknown conditions are detected. |
