Season ticketholders may be moved out of their seats for the match at Forsyth Barr Stadium but will get a seat close by.
The latest step in the planning of next year's British and Irish Lions tour occurred yesterday when New Zealand Rugby released details about the timing and pricing of ticket sales.
All three tests will be played in the North Island, two of them in Auckland, and seven other tour games will be played.
There are five games against Super rugby franchises, a match against New Zealand Maori in Rotorua and the opening game against the Provincial Barbarians in Whangarei.
The Lions will play the Highlanders on June 13, a Tuesday night, in the fourth game of the tour.
Tickets for the game under the roof will range in price from $39 to $129 and a child's ticket will cost $29. Test tickets range from $149 to $449.
Forsyth Barr Stadium will have the stand set up at the Otago Daily Times end of the complex so the capacity will be more than 28,000.
Highlanders chief executive Clark is confident the game will be a sell-out but he said there should be plenty of seats for people who wanted them.
"When you think back to the 2011 World Cup and there was lots of talk around how hard it was going to be to get a ticket but that was not the case at all,'' he said.
"With the stand going in at one end, that is a crowd of 28,000 and that is a lot of tickets to sell.''
Clark said there would be a limit on how many tickets one person could buy.
He felt prices were reasonable.
"The price has gone as low as $10 for a child and, at the end of the ground, you can get a ticket for $39 which is good value. The test matches are reasonably expensive but that is what you would expect when there is such huge demand.''
The most recent time the Lions toured in 2005 there was much angst among Carisbrook ground members when they were shifted out of their seats and moved elsewhere to accommodate overseas fans.
Clark said Highlanders elite season ticketholders were guaranteed their seats for the game while other season ticket- holders might have to give up their seat but would be housed nearby in other seats.
New Zealand Rugby had not wanted a repeat of what happened in 2005 so would accommodate all season ticket- holders.
It has not been decided whether All Blacks will be allowed to play for their Super rugby teams.
Tickets for the Highlanders game will go on sale to the general public from October 28 but season ticketholders, members of the rugby community and members of Team All Blacks will have a chance to buy them before that day.
More than 50% of the tickets are priced under $100, outside the tests.
The ballot for test tickets opens on September 5, closing on November 1. The ballot will be drawn in the two weeks after that.
NZR chief executive Steve Tew believed the union had the balance right in having tickets available to New Zealanders and to Lions fans coming from the United Kingdom. More than 20,000 Lions fans were expected in New Zealand next year.
"Delivering a successful and profitable series on and off the field is critical to make sure the game remains strong in New Zealand,'' Tew said.
Lions tickets
For 2017 tour
•Tests: $149-$449
•Ballot set up for test tickets
•Super franchise games: $39-$129; child tickets from $10
•Pre-sale period from October 3; to general public from October 28
•350,000 tickets on sale; 250,000 to general public
