Hopewell hosted minor league home games at the Elm Street Ball Park.
A Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina based franchise was added as a replacement for Hopewell on August 14, 1916.
However, the Virginia League directors did not allow the franchise and Roanoke Rapids was dropped on August 16, 1916, after winning its only game.
The Emporia Nationals, Franklin Kildees, Lawrenceville Robins, Petersburg Generals and Suffolk Goobers teams joined Hopewell in league play.
Hopewell finished the regular season 27.5 games behind the first place Franklin Kildees and did not qualify for the playoffs, won by the Petersburg Generals.
With a record of 65–65, Hopewell ended the regular season in an identical fourth place tie with the Franklin Kildees.