The venue hosted its first test in January this year when the Black Caps beat Bangladesh by nine wickets inside three days.
More than 5000 people turned up over the course of that match but Otago Cricket chief executive Ross Dykes is hopeful the December 11 test will draw even more people through the gates - hence the temporary seating.
"We are definitely hoping for bigger crowds," he said.
"There are two things in our favour. One is the West Indies are a bigger drawcard than Bangladesh, and secondly, it is on at a time of year when people will still be in Dunedin."
Dykes said with the temporary seating, the venue could seat about 3000 people comfortably.
He hoped for near-capacity crowds for the first two days, and for a good turnout for the third as well.
Information on ticket sales was unavailable yesterday.
Most of the preparations are in hand and the broadcaster has been busy setting up scaffolding to house its cameras.
One of the biggest undertakings for Otago Cricket is organising the lunch.
There are about 240 people to feed in the 40min break between the morning and afternoon sessions.
The weather was good for the January test and Dykes is keeping his fingers crossed for a repeat performance from the weather gods.
December 11 is too far away for MetService to predict with any certainty what sort of weather the city can expect.
However, Dunedin does not have the best record when it comes to staging tests.
The match against Pakistan in 1989 was abandoned without a ball being bowled and the test against India in December 1998 suffered the same fate.
