Carisbrook will be fit and ready for the test between the All Blacks and Fiji in July and a large video screen will be in operation.
The New Zealand Rugby Union announced last week the test between Fiji and the All Blacks would be played at Carisbrook on July 22.
But the stadium had a less than impressive dress rehearsal when the temporary scoreboard installed at Carisbrook broke down on Friday night and did not work during the match between the Blues and Highlanders.
Otago Rugby Football Union general manager Richard Reid said the temporary scoreboard was working fine prior to the match but - "Murphy's Law" - it broke down just before kick-off and could not be repaired during the match.
The main scoreboard, above the Hillside Rd stand, had not been working for many months, and, with the ground's future up in the air, was not likely to be fixed.
The union had been borrowing parts from the University Oval scoreboard to help operate the Carisbrook scoreboard but once the Oval scoreboard was back in use in March, they could not use the parts any more.
The temporary scoreboard had been borrowed from Queenstown, where it was used for the national sevens tournament.
"It was just one of those things, really. We had been testing it before and it was working perfectly," Reid said.
Reid was confident the ground would be up to hosting one last test in July.
Carisbrook had been creaking at the sides but in reality it was no different than last year when the ground successfully hosted the test between Wales and the All Blacks.
There would be a large video screen in use for the July test.
The video screen was not being used for Highlanders games because of its cost of more than $11,000 a game.
Reid said the playing surface at Carisbrook was top quality and any issues that would arise were not new.
He was satisfied the union would do a good job of promoting the game, and was reasonably confident of selling out the ground.
Playing the test on a Friday night was a first for Dunedin but Reid felt it would not make much impact on attendance.
The emphasis would be on seeing the All Blacks for the only time this year in the South Island, rather than seeing them playing Fiji.
He said it would be a financial bonus for the union hosting the test, although the national union had set a target of raising $500,000 for earthquake relief in Christchurch.
Reid could not say how much money the Otago union would make from hosting the test.
Tickets would go on sale late this month to people in Canterbury, Otago and Southland and then on general release across the country on June 20.
