The team was purchased by the Washington Senators in 1937. The club would remain affiliated with the Senators/Twins franchise for 35 years. In 1938 the team was managed by Calvin Griffith, the adopted son of Senators owner Clark Griffith. In 1940, Calvin Griffith built a 3,200-seat park in Charlotte's Dilworth neighborhood on Magnolia Avenue and named it Clark Griffith Park. It officially opened in 1941, and was the home of the Hornets for the next 31 years. The Ballpark would keep the name Griffith Park for the Charlotte Orioles inaugural season in 1976, before being renamed in 1977 as "Jim Crockett Memorial Park" or simply referred to as "Crockett Park" named after Jim Crockett, the O's owner's (Francis Crockett) husband.