Arena Football League
The Las Vegas Outlaws battle the L.A. Kiss on Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. The Outlaws won 61-48.
Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 | 9:12 a.m.
The Arena Football League has left Las Vegas — again.
The league announcement Sunday the Las Vegas Outlaws and New Orleans VooDoo organizations have ceased operations immediately. The decision leaves the league with 10 teams.
The league board removed the Las Vegas team from the postseason after a 5-12-1 season, and moved the 5-13-0 Portland Thunder into the playoffs against the 17-1-0 San Jose Sabercats on Friday. New Orleans went 3-14-1.
The league says Las Vegas and New Orleans players under continuing contracts with either team would be reassigned during the offseason.
The Outlaws, whose co-owner was Vince Neil of Motley Crue, aren't the first arena team to fail in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Sting bolted for Anaheim after two seasons in the mid-1990s. The Las Vegas Gladiators left in 2007 for Cleveland after five seasons.
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