Nature of Operations [Text Block] | 1. Nature of Business Business Landcadia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), was incorporated in Delaware on November 19, 2008 as Leucadia Development Corporation, and changed its name to Landcadia Holdings, Inc. on September 15, 2015. The Company is an emerging growth company as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act and, as such, is subject to all the risks associated with emerging growth companies. The Company has not had any significant operations to date. The Company is a blank-check company formed to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination (the “Business Combination”) with one or more operating businesses. All activity through December 31, 2016 relates to the Company’s initial public offering (“public offering”), and search for a Business Combination. There is no assurance that its plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the target business acquisition period, as described herein. Sponsors The Company’s Sponsors are Fertitta Entertainment, Inc., a Texas corporation, (“FEI Sponsor”) and Leucadia National Corporation, a New York corporation, (“Leucadia Sponsor”, and together with FEI Sponsor, the “Sponsors”). The FEI Sponsor is wholly owned by Tilman J. Fertitta, the Company’s Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Financing The registration statement for the Company’s public offering was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 25, 2016. The Company intends to finance its Business Combination in part with proceeds from the $ 250,000,000 7,000,000 250,000,000 Trust Account Funds held in the Trust Account can only be invested in permitted United States ‘‘government securities’’ within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that, other than the withdrawal of interest to pay income taxes, and franchise taxes, if any, none of the funds held in trust will be released until the earlier of: (i) the completion of the Business Combination; or (ii) the redemption of any shares of Class A common stock (“public shares”) included in the units sold in the public offering properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100 Initial Business Combination The initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account, excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned by the Trust Account, at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for the Business Combination, will either (i) seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose in connection with which stockholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the Business Combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest but less taxes payable, or (ii) provide stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to the Company by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a stockholder vote) for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to commencement of the tender offer, including interest but less taxes payable. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination or will allow stockholders to sell their shares in a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely at its discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require the Company to seek stockholder approval. If the Company seeks stockholder approval, it will complete the Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. However, in no event will the Company redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $ 5,000,001 Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of the Business Combination and it conducts redemptions in connection with the Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the public offering. If the Company holds a stockholder vote in connection with the Business Combination, a public stockholder will have the right to redeem its shares for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest but less taxes payable. As a result, such public shares are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity following completion of the public offering (“Redeemable Shares”), in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB, ASC’) 480, ‘‘Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.’’ The amount in the Trust Account was initially $ 10.00 250,000,000 25,000,000 The Company will have 24 months from the closing of the public offering to complete the Business Combination. If the Company does not complete the Business Combination within this period of time, it shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares for a per share pro rata portion of the Trust Account, including interest (less taxes payable and up to $ 50,000 Pursuant to the letter agreements reference above, the Initial Stockholders also agreed that, if the Company submits the Business Combination to the Company’s public stockholders for a vote, the Initial Stockholders will vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after the public offering in favor of the Business Combination. Fiscal Year End The Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31. |