President's grade rugby player and diehard fan Nathan Uriarau lined up behind them. Like many he tried to book tickets online yesterday, but couldn't.
"I think all three of us tried online and just had no luck. It's pretty important, it's the biggest Hurricanes game in 20 years. It's pretty big for us Hurricanes supporters," he said.
"I'll probably stay up all night and sleep all day tomorrow. I think it will be worth it."
Rewi Wairau also came prepared, bringing along an old chair he said he could leave behind if he had to. He's been a rugby fan since going to see the Springboks play at Athletics Park in the 1960s.
"I love my rugby, I've been going to every game, even this year, and I thought I have got to go to the finals."
Among the growing lines of fans decked out in Hurricanes gear is David Cassie. He lived in Wellington but hails from Mosgiel and was wearing his Highlanders regalia while he waited for his mates to join him.
On Monday 26,000 tickets for the final sold in less than a minute. Some were later advertised online for inflated prices sparking anger.
Hurricanes chief executive James Te Puni said the latest ticket release would be for the bronze category and limited to two per person. The restriction was aimed at giving loyal fans who missed out on the initial ticket sale another chance to get to the final.
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce said there was no need for new laws targeting scalpers, despite tickets to the final fetching up to $1500 online.
Although he was unhappy with such behaviour, looking at current laws would be an overreaction.
"What is more important is the promoters of these events think of their fan base, and think, well, how do we ensure that as many people as possible get the opportunity? Whether it's a major sports event, or a major concert, we have seen plenty of examples of things selling out in a couple of minutes on the internet," he said.
"And it probably doesn't leave a good taste in the mouth for many of the supporters. I think it would be a bit of a rush to decide that we are going to make some changes [to the law]. The first step is for the promoters to think of their public."
Trade Me spokesman Logan Mudge said so far 33 tickets for the game had been sold on Trade Me and about 10 were still on sale.
He said the average price was about $210 and ranged from $30 for a child's ticket to $800 for two adult tickets.
Listings where it believed the ticket was not in the seller's possession would be removed. So far that had not happened.
Hurricanes have said they would cancel any tickets believed to have been scalped.
Mr Te Puni said tickets proved to be purchased from a scalper would be invalidated as it was against the terms and conditions to resell the tickets.
