but you gain, you know, like shared bunting. you just have one big chair rental instead of two. you can keep the same crew for the lighting and the sound and, you know, keep the same hot dog vendors, all the rest of it. so it sort of makes sense. there have been a handful of times in history where the two parties shared their venue from their nominating convention, but it hasn t happened for a while. the last time it happened was 1972. in miami beach. the democrats went first that year. george mcgovern officially becoming the democratic nominee for president on stage at the miami beach convention center in 1972. after the dems went in miami beach in 72 the original plan was for nixon and the republicans to then do their convention across the country in san diego. nixon was from south california. he loved san diego. he used to call san diego his lucky city. the rnc picked nixon s lucky city to host their 1972 convention for the president s re-election campaign. they had the venue picke