Following the termination of operations of the Arena Football League on August 4, 2009, Georgia Force officials quickly followed with a release that indicated that they, too, were ceasing operations. Reports from August 22, 2010, indicate that the Force may be returning to the AFL for the 2011 season. The Alabama Vipers may be relocating to Georgia. They would take on all original assets of the AFL's former Georgia franchise. Following the ArenaBowl XXIII, the Vipers announced they would leave Huntsville, and would move to suburban Atlanta for the 2011 AFL season.