Editing 1080p 29.97fps footage in 720p sequence

Title basically says it. I know there are various ways to solve this but as the video is due I would rather ask and be sure then head down the wrong path.
So the problem is that I shot in 1920 x 1080 at 29.97fps and the customer wants 1280 x 720 in the final video. There is no preset for 720p 29.97fps in the "New Sequence" menu so I just used the "Digital SLR- DSLR 720p24" preset then under the "Settings" tab, then changed the "Timebase" to 29.97 which also changes "Display Format" accordingly.
I realize I could also edit in 1080p sequence then just export as 1280 x 720 but I want to be able to take advantage of zooming and reframing the 1080p footage in the smaller 720p sequence.
Is this the right way to do it? Any disadvantages or better ways?
I have shot 1080p 23.976fps quite a few times and it is simple to just create a 720p 23.976 sequence from the preset with no problems as the frame rates match in the footage and the preset. I just want to make sure I'm accomplishing the same thing.
Thank-you to anyone with some helpful info, my edit is due tomorrow.

Ok thanks. That's basically what I've done, created a custom sequence and also created a new sequence preset for 720p at 29.97fps. I have shot in 1080p at 23.976 fps and edited in a 720p sequence several times before, I just didn't realize there was no 720p 30fps or 29.97fps DSLR option or preset.
The 1080p footage seems to be playing fine in the 720p 29.97fps sequence I created so I think I've accomplished my goal. I will obviously export and have a close look, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

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