have bums on the seat?

[albatross521]

just saw this phrase describing Beckham:

he gets bums on seats at football games, ....

what does it mean ?

[brian j john]

exactly what it says ,, he fills the stadium

[Ethel]

When Beckham plays people will pay to watch him - they may not care about football and would not bother to buy a ticket if Beckham wasn't playing.

[albatross521]

thx.

I had thought it means he secured a place in the fame hall of world football.

[Thunderbird+]

'Gets bums on seats', I think is the usual phrase.

[Narolines]

In the theatre it's usually "puts bums on seats" and means exactly the same thing - the show/act/star is popular so people will buy tickets to come and see it/him/her.

[albatross521]

thanks.