The Las Vegas Rattlers were an American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (21st century)

The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...

 (ABA) team based in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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2000-2001: Chicago Skyliners

The Chicago Skyliners were one of the charter franchises of the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (21st century)

The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...

 (ABA) team based in Chicago, Illinois. The team began play in the fall of 2000. They played in the Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Rosemont, Illinois.It is home to the Chicago Rush, of the Arena Football League, DePaul University's men's basketball team, the Chicago Wolves, of the AHL, and the Chicago Sky, of the WNBA.It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and...

 in Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...

. After having relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

 during the 2001-2002 season, the former Skyliners were renamed the Las Vegas Slam.

2001-2002: Las Vegas Slam and folding

The Chicago Skyliners would relocate from Chicago to become the Las Vegas Slam in 2001. The team began playing in Las Vegas during the 2001-2002 season. They played one season under this name before shutting down opeartions. They would soon revive themselves as the Las Vegas Rattlers.

2004-2005: Revival Las Vegas Rattlers

The franchise was revived as the Rattlers in 2004. The team again folded in 2005 because of financial difficulties. Percy Miller aka Master P

Master P

Percy Robert Miller , better known by his stage name Master P or his business name P. Miller, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He is the founder of the popular label No Limit Records, which went bankrupt and was relaunched as New No Limit Records through Koch...

 played for the team in 2004.
The franchise would again shut down after the end of the season and posted a poor record.

This team was to be replaced in 2006-2007 by the similarly named Las Vegas Venom

Las Vegas Venom

The Las Vegas PROLYMs were an American Basketball Association expansion team located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team began play as the Las Vegas Venom, but suspended operations in November 2006....

, The Venom played 3 games and then were sold to PROLYM ENT.