Captain Paul O'Connell has promised Munster fans his side will do the new-look venue proud on Saturday.
Although the stadium has already played host to Munster U20s andtheir Ulster counterparts, Saturday marks the first outing for the province's flagship team and O'Connell has been impressed by all aspects of the redevelopment.
"It's great the way it's been redeveloped and it looks fabulous," O'Connell told the Independent .
"They left the terracing on either side, along with the stands, which is very important. A lot of stadiums they lose the terracing and lose atmosphere as a result.
"I love the way it was done on budget and on time, it's a symbol of the way Munster want to be and we hope as a team when we get in there we can do it justice."
The stadium's capacity has been increased from 12,500 to 26,500 and interest in this occasion is evidenced by the fact that this match is a sell-out - unthinkable in this competition a few seasons ago.
Munster have made a superb start to their Magners League campaign with four wins from four while Glasgow have lost two of their four matches, including a 15-8 defeat to Connacht in Galway.
However, they posted an encouraging 34-20 victory over Scarlets in Glasgow last weekend and coach Sean Lineen is adamant that his team are not going to Limerick to make up the numbers.
"We want to go to Munster on Saturday night and do Glasgow and Scottish rugby proud and not be lambs to the slaughter," said Lineen.
"In front of a huge, sell-out crowd and live TV, we have quite a stage to perform on and must make sure we do not freeze.
"Munster play a brutal brand of rugby and we have to live with their intensity for the full 80 minutes. We beat them there at the end of last season so we know we have it in our locker."
Lineen is a huge admirer of Munster, though he might want to have a closer read of the team sheet after confusing the positions and names of some of the 'Paddies', notably hooker Jerry Flannery.
"Paul O'Connell orchestrates everything from the second row and with Jerry Flannery at hooker and Donncha O'Callaghan at lock that's a lot of full Irish internationalists," added Lineen.
"Munster are not European champions twice in the last three years for nothing. With this being the opening of their new stadium in front of a full house they will be very pumped up but we have to meet that challenge head on and not budge an inch."
Lineen also revealed that the Warriors are likely to play an expansive game in Thomond Park on Saturday.
"We tweaked our game plan against the Scarlets last Friday and got what was a massive win for us, doubly so given we are going to the European champions next," he said.
"I am not going to go into details and give away specifics of our game plan but suffice to say we employed a bit more width."
Form
Munster are the only unbeaten team in the Magners League this season, as the Munstermen return to the impressive newly revamped Thomond Park Stadium for the first time in the Magners League since December 2006.
Munster's only home defeat in their last eight encounters in all competitions was 18-21 to Saturday's opponents, Warriors, in Cork on 10 May.
Glasgow Warriors recorded a 34-20 win at home to the Scarlets on Friday, and have won three of their last four away matches.
The Warriors won twice in Ireland last season: 35-24 at Ravenhill and 21-18 at Musgrave Park.
Munster's only win in their last six matches against Glasgow was 38-20 at Cork on 12 May 2007.
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: David Keane (Ireland), Richard Kerr (Ireland)
TMO: Brian Fitzgerald (Ireland)