Restaurateur Ninfa Laurenzo delivered the Pledge of Allegiance at the opening session on August 17, 1992. Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin delivered the nomination speech of President Bush for re-election. The nomination was seconded by J. C. Watts. The stadium banned outside food from the convention, but set up a food court in the nearby Astroarena. The food court operations included Atchafalaya River Cafe, Bambolino's, Frenchy's, Luther's Bar-B-Q, Ninfa's, PeaColes, and Tommy's Burgers. Some restaurant owners had connections with the Houston Host Committee, the group in charge of the vendor market of the Astroarena, and Republican Party officials. The hot dogs and soft drinks sold by the Astrodome's official caterer, Harry M. Stevens, were not present during the convention. Vendors at the convention paid Stevens a fee so they could sell food at the convention, as specified in Stevens' contract with the Astrodome. Presidential nomination roll call vote George H. W. Bush 2,166 Patrick J. Buchanan 18 Alan Keyes 1 Vice presidential nomination vote Dan Quayle was renominated by voice vote. Aftermath The convention energized the Republican base, giving the Bush-Quayle ticket a bounce in the polls. As the bounce faded, the race returned to a lopsided double-digit Clinton–Gore lead. The race narrowed considerably, however, when Ross Perot rebooted his insurgent campaign. The major parties have avoided hosting their conventions at baseball stadiums since then, now holding them in non sports venues (such as convention centers) and venues for teams whose seasons are not currently in play at the time of the convention. See also 1992 Republican Party presidential primaries George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign History of the United States Republican Party List of Republican National Conventions U.S. presidential nomination convention 1991 Libertarian National Convention 1992 Democratic National Convention 1992 United States presidential election References External links George Bush's nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (video) at C-SPAN George Bush's nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (text) at The American Presidency Project George Bush's nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (audio) Video of Quayle nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC (via YouTube) Audio of Quayle nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC Transcript of Quayle nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC Republican Party platform of 1992 at The American Presidency Project Ronald Reagan's Address to the 1992 Republican National Convention (video) (text) Patrick Buchanan's Address to the 1992 RNC, the