Otago Stadium passed muster yesterday.
A Fifa inspection team led by Marion Mayer-Vorfelder cast a close eye over the venue.
Mayer-Vorfelder is the head of the Fifa Under-20 World Cup, to be staged in New Zealand next year, and is in the country to inspect the venues.
She used the word ''peculiar'' to describe the roof at Dunedin's stadium - but in a good way.
''This is a really fantastic venue,'' she said, gesturing towards the view from the fourth floor of the South Stand.
''We are all very impressed. Every venue has its own special things [but] what is really peculiar about this venue is obviously the roof. And it is a very nice roof.
''We were just discussing it. We've seen quite a bit of stadiums that have a roof but this one is very nice - it lets all the light in. It doesn't really feel like it has a roof but still it has all the benefits of having a roof.''
The tournament, which runs from May 30 to June 20, 2015, is Fifa's second-largest event. It is also its second-oldest. The inaugural tournament was staged in Tunisia in 1977 and it is ''very well established''.
Perhaps what makes the under-20 tournament so special is that the fans get to see players before some of them become global identities.
''I often tell the story of how I first saw Lionel Messi in 2005 in the under-20 in Holland,'' Mayer-Vorfelder said.
''I was watching Argentina play and I thought, 'Wow, that's a fantastic player, you know - what's his name again?'''
Some call him La Pulga, which is Spanish for The Flea, but Mayer-Vorfelder was watching perhaps the greatest player since Diego Maradona.
Dunedin is a rugby city but Mayor Dave Cull believes the locals will embrace the football tournament.
''It is a chance to expose the city but it is also a wonderful opportunity for our community to be exposed to players of the standard Marion is talking about,'' he said.
''We don't get that opportunity very often. The cream of the under-20 players of the world coming to our city. It is a fantastic opportunity, so I'm really looking forward to it.''
Dunedin is one of seven host cities and will stage seven games.
New Zealand hosted the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in 1999, and Carisbrook's playing surface was considered the best in the country.
There was also strong interest from the community as 31,400 people attended the seven games spread across four match days.
The quarterfinal between Brazil and Paraguay attracted a crowd of 7251.
In keeping with Fifa's rules, the stadium will be sponsor-free during the tournament.
