Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Debt (Details 4)

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Debt (Details 4) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Forecast | Cobb County Major League Baseball Ballpark  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Other costs and equipment $ 50,000,000lmca_OtherCostsAndEquipment
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Cobb Marietta Coliseum And Exhibit Hall Authority | Forecast | Cobb County Major League Baseball Ballpark  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Due from affiliate 392,000,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates
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Affiliated Entities | Forecast | Cobb County Ballpark Mixed Use Development  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Due from affiliate 363,000,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates
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ANLBC  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Area of land acquired (in acres) 82lmca_AreaOfLandAcquired
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Number of credit facilities 2lmca_NumberOfCreditFacilities
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ANLBC | Revolving Credit Facility  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 250,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Long-term Line of Credit 100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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ANLBC | Forecast | Cobb County Major League Baseball Ballpark  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Construction and Development Costs 672,000,000us-gaap_ConstructionAndDevelopmentCosts
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ANLBC | Forecast | Cobb County Ballpark Mixed Use Development  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Construction and Development Costs 452,000,000us-gaap_ConstructionAndDevelopmentCosts
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Cobb Marietta Coliseum And Exhibit Hall Authority | Forecast | Cobb County Major League Baseball Ballpark | Bonds Payable  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Debt issuance amount $ 368,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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