ADELAIDE United is poised to finalise an estimated $4 million deal to buy the Veneto Club at Beverly.

The hub - proposed to be named the Reds Centre - is just 3km from its Hindmarsh Stadium A-League base.

Reds chairman Greg Griffin said hosting post-match gatherings and trading seven days a week was a priority for the club as it continued to etch its name in the community.

Adelaide was aiming to emulate popular rugby league St George Leagues Club and soccer's gigantic Club Marconi, which has more than 20,000 members in western Sydney. Adelaide would also house its staff - who are currently based at Hindmarsh - at Reds Centre.

"We're very close to signing contracts," Mr Griffin said yesterday.

"We're going through the due diligence now and this is not only great for our club but super for the entire community."

The Veneto Club complex, which was built in 1972, has three licensed halls that can house up 750 people, two football pitches - one FIFA standard size - and car parking for 250 cars.

Former Veneto Club president John Schievenin said the club's members had voted to sell the complex to Adelaide United on Sunday.

Schievenin - forced to step down because of work commitments last month - was pursuing a positive conclusion for the complex after membership numbers dwindled from 500 members to about 220.

"I'm just really glad the club is not going to be bulldozed," Schievenin said.

The Reds Centre will be refurbished in stages once the club officially becomes the proprietor. Coach Rini Coolen's A-League squad will become permanent training residents of the Reds Centre, which would reduce costs given staff have to shift equipment between Hindmarsh and SASI's headquarters weekly. Adelaide United's youth team will also train and play some of its home national youth league matches at the centre.

Adelaide's women's team should also be an active member of the venue, but while it is sponsored by the Reds it is now under the control of the Football Federation SA.

The women's team will play some matches at Burton Park and others at the home of soccer.