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SEGMENT REPORTING

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SEGMENT REPORTING
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT REPORTING SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company currently has three reportable segments: (i) Entertainment Golf venues, (ii) Traditional Golf properties, and (iii) corporate. The chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for each segment is the Chief Executive Officer and President, who reviews discrete financial information for each reportable segment to manage the Company, including resource allocation and performance assessment.

The Company's Entertainment Golf segment, launched in 2018, is comprised of Drive Shack venues that feature tech-enabled hitting bays with in bay dining, full-service restaurants, bars, and event spaces. As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned or leased four Drive Shack venues across three states which are located in Orlando, Florida; West Palm Beach, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Richmond, Virginia.

The Company's Traditional Golf business is one of the largest operators of golf courses and country clubs in the United States. As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned, leased or managed 60 Traditional Golf properties across nine states.

The corporate segment consists primarily of investments in loans and securities, interest income on short-term investments, general and administrative expenses as a public company, interest expense on the junior subordinated notes payable (Note 8) and income tax expense (Note 14).
Summary financial data on the Company’s segments is given below, together with reconciliation to the same data for the Company as a whole:
Entertainment Golf Traditional Golf Corporate Total
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Revenues
Golf operations
 $ 10,536  $ 179,436  $ —  $ 189,972 
Sales of food and beverages
 14,713  15,302  —  30,015 
Total revenues
 25,249  194,738  —  219,987 
Operating costs
Operating expenses 19,525  169,220  —  188,745 
Cost of sales - food and beverages
 3,744  5,090  —  8,834 
General and administrative expense (A) 8,869  9,661  9,478  28,008 
General and administrative expense - acquisition and transaction expenses (B) 1,885  210  1,181  3,276 
Depreciation and amortization
 11,960  14,903  289  27,152 
Pre-opening costs (C) 1,328  —  —  1,328 
Impairment and other losses
 (1,960) 1,239  —  (721)
Total operating costs
 45,351  200,323  10,948  256,622 
Operating loss
 (20,102) (5,585) (10,948) (36,635)
Other income (expenses)
Interest and investment income
 1  77  487  565 
Interest expense (D) (389) (9,009) (1,648) (11,046)
Capitalized interest (D) —  22  56  78 
Other income (loss), net
 —  16,164  (23,775) (7,611)
Total other income (expenses)
 (388) 7,254  (24,880) (18,014)
Income tax expense
 75  (19) 1,649  1,705 
Net loss
 (20,565) 1,688  (37,477) (56,354)
Preferred dividends
 —  —  (5,580) (5,580)
Loss applicable to common stockholders
 $ (20,565) $ 1,688  $ (43,057) $ (61,934)

Entertainment Golf Traditional Golf Corporate (E) Total
December 31, 2020
Total assets
 178,132  267,033  11,889  457,054 
Total liabilities
 38,717  345,340  62,960  447,017 
Preferred stock —  —  61,583  61,583 
Equity (loss) attributable to common stockholders $ 139,415  $ (78,307) $ (112,654) $ (51,546)
Additions to property and equipment (including finance leases) during the year ended December 31, 2020 $ 9,447  $ 8,932  $ 764  $ 19,143 
Summary segment financial data (continued).
Entertainment Golf Traditional Golf Corporate Total
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Revenues
Golf operations $ 7,806  $ 208,691  $ —  $ 216,497 
Sales of food and beverages 11,974  43,593  —  55,567 
Total revenues 19,780  252,284  —  272,064 
Operating costs
Operating expenses 16,403  212,903  —  229,306 
Cost of sales - food and beverages 2,984  12,233  —  15,217 
General and administrative expense (A) 14,081  16,812  12,008  42,901 
General and administrative expense - acquisition and transaction expenses (B) 3,490  798  787  5,075 
Depreciation and amortization 5,935  16,266  195  22,396 
Pre-opening costs (C) 9,040  —  —  9,040 
Impairment and other losses 10,196  5,217  —  15,413 
Total operating costs 62,129  264,229  12,990  339,348 
Operating loss (42,349) (11,945) (12,990) (67,284)
Other income (expenses)
Interest and investment income 321  105  529  955 
Interest expense (D) (355) (8,238) (2,415) (11,008)
Capitalized interest (D) —  586  1,662  2,248 
Other income (loss), net —  19,069  1,807  20,876 
Total other income (expenses) (34) 11,522  1,583  13,071 
Income tax expense 62  8  571  641 
Net loss (42,445) (431) (11,978) (54,854)
Preferred dividends —  —  (5,580) (5,580)
Loss applicable to common stockholders $ (42,445) $ (431) $ (17,558) $ (60,434)
Entertainment Golf Traditional Golf Corporate (E) Total
December 31, 2019
Total assets 163,583  308,456  43,952  515,991 
Total liabilities 36,375  350,968  63,073  450,416 
Preferred stock —  —  61,583  61,583 
Equity (loss) attributable to common stockholders $ 127,208  $ (42,512) $ (80,704) $ 3,992 
Additions to property and equipment (including finance leases) during the year ended December 31, 2019 $ 62,543  $ 14,966  $ 1,764  $ 79,273 
Summary segment financial data (continued).
Entertainment Golf Traditional Golf Corporate Total
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Revenues
Golf operations $ 2,191  $ 242,455  $ —  $ 244,646 
Sales of food and beverages 2,713  67,010  —  69,723 
Total revenues 4,904  309,465  —  314,369 
Operating costs
Operating expenses 5,398  246,396  —  251,794 
Cost of sales - food and beverages 640  19,513  —  20,153 
General and administrative expense (A) 6,382  16,702  11,271  34,355 
General and administrative expense - acquisition and transaction expenses (B) 2,679  1,024  502  4,205 
Depreciation and amortization 1,886  17,814  4  19,704 
Pre-opening costs (C) 2,483  —  —  2,483 
Impairment and other losses —  8,093  147  8,240 
Realized and unrealized loss on investments —  (131) —  (131)
Total operating costs 19,468  309,411  11,924  340,803 
Operating (loss) income (14,564) 54  (11,924) (26,434)
Other income (expenses)
Interest and investment income 281  194  1,319  1,794 
Interest expense (D) —  (16,046) (2,274) (18,320)
Capitalized interest (D) —  1,121  560  1,681 
Other income, net —  846  2,034  2,880 
Total other income (expenses) 281  (13,885) 1,639  (11,965)
Income tax expense —  —  284  284 
Net loss (14,283) (13,831) (10,569) (38,683)
Preferred dividends —  —  (5,580) (5,580)
Loss applicable to common stockholders $ (14,283) $ (13,831) $ (16,149) $ (44,263)
Entertainment Golf Traditional Golf Corporate Total
December 31, 2018
Total assets 117,416  225,904  58,627  401,947 
Total liabilities 13,561  196,836  56,883  267,280 
Preferred stock —  —  61,583  61,583 
Equity (loss) attributable to common stockholders $ 103,855  $ 29,068  $ (59,839) $ 73,084 
Additions to property and equipment (including finance leases) during the year ended December 31, 2018 $ 55,924  $ 14,042  $ —  $ 69,966 

(A)General and administrative expenses include severance expense in the amount of $1.1 million, $2.3 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(B)Acquisition and transaction expense includes costs related to completed and potential acquisitions and transactions and strategic initiatives which may include advisory, legal, accounting and other professional or consulting fees.
(C)Pre-opening costs are expensed as incurred and consist primarily of site-related marketing expenses, lease expense, employee payroll, travel and related expenses, training costs, food, beverage and other operating expenses incurred prior to opening an Entertainment Golf venue.
(D)Interest expense includes the accretion of membership deposit liabilities in the amount of $8.2 million, $7.2 million and $6.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Interest expense and capitalized interest total to interest expense, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(E)Total assets in the corporate segment includes an equity method investment in the amount of zero and $24.0 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in other investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 2 for additional information.