Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

Welcome to Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Joe Gifoni, Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin.

Thanks, Doug, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining Gaming and Leisure Property's second quarter 2021 earnings call and webcast. The press release distributed yesterday afternoon is available on the investor relations sections of our website at glpropinc.com. On today's call, management's prepared remarks and answers to your questions may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed today. Forward-looking statements may include those related to revenue, operating income, and financial guidance, as well as non-GAAP financial measures such as FFO and AFFO. As a reminder, forward-looking statements represent management's current estimates, and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in the future. We encourage listeners to review the more detailed discussion related to risk factors and forward-looking statements contained in the company's filings with the SEC, including its second quarter 10Q and the earnings release, as well as the definitions and reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures contained in the company's earnings release. On this morning's call, we are joined by Peter Carlino, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Gaming Leisure Properties, and also joining today's caller, Desiree Burke, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, Brandon Moore, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Steve Ladney, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, and Matthew Demchek, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. With that, it's my pleasure to turn the call over to Peter Carlino. Peter, please go ahead.

Well, thank you, Joe, and good morning to all who have dialed or tuned in this morning. We're very happy to report another excellent quarter here at GLPI. I can tell you, having done this for many, many years, it's a lot more fun to talk about good quarters than disappointing ones. Happily, in my career, we've had very few disappointing quarters over many years. This is a good one. As usual, I'll make very few comments. I think we have our entire team here, as always. I'm going to ask Desiree Burke to highlight some significant points. And Matt Demchik will also have a few comments. And then we'll open it to your questions. Our release, I'd like to think, as always, is very, very thorough. So most everything you need to know, of course, can be found there. But we're here today to answer your questions. So, Des, why don't you take the mic?