Tomorrow will see the All Blacks host France there for the first time -- a quirky oversight as the French have played 21 tests in New Zealand. Auckland and Christchurch have hosted eighteach and Wellington five.
With work having already begun on the city's new $200 million Stadium here and an increasing likelihood that it will host Dunedin's games during the 2011 World Cup, there is a possibility tomorrow's test will be the 36th and last at Carisbrook.
Despite a tight time frame, New Zealand World Cup officials have this week given the purpose-built Forsyth Barr Stadium every chance of hosting all three pool games at the tournament if construction runs to schedule.
The Otago Rugby Union doesn't want the Carisbrook curtains to come down until next year, pitching to the New Zealand Rugby Union for a test against Wales in June.
The Carisbrook cause will be helped by a sellout tomorrow, following the same outcome when it hosted the Springboks last year.
If the Welsh test goes ahead, it would also be Wales' first visit to Dunedin, completing the set of major rugby-playing nations to contest a test in the city.
It would leave a small handful of remaining nations yet to play a test at all of New Zealand's three other major centres. Ireland have never done so in Christchurch while both Scotland and Wales are still awaiting a test in Wellington.
The most frequent scenario on New Zealand soil is tests between New Zealand and Australia in Auckland, which has been played out 20 times.
