diff --git a/src/components/MarketplaceItemCard.tsx b/src/components/MarketplaceItemCard.tsx
index 23575b8..e7ca5dd 100644
--- a/src/components/MarketplaceItemCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MarketplaceItemCard.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { useToast } from '@/hooks/useToast';
 import { useNostrPublish } from '@/hooks/useNostrPublish';
 import { useListingReports } from '@/hooks/useListingReports';
 import { useSellerInfo } from '@/hooks/useSellerInfo';
+import { useVenuesWithPasses } from '@/hooks/useRiderCard';
 import { useTrustScore } from '@/hooks/useTrustScore';
 import { useMarkListingSold } from '@/hooks/useMarkListingSold';
 import { MarkSoldDialog } from '@/components/MarkSoldDialog';
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ export function MarketplaceItemCard({ item, compact = false }: MarketplaceItemCa
   
   // Fetch seller info
   const { data: sellerInfo } = useSellerInfo(item.pubkey);
+
+  // Does this seller own a venue that issues access passes? (one shared query)
+  const { data: passIndex } = useVenuesWithPasses();
+  const sellerIssuesPasses = !!passIndex?.owners.has(item.pubkey);
   
   // Fetch trust score
   const { data: trustScore } = useTrustScore(item.pubkey);
@@ -415,6 +420,15 @@ export function MarketplaceItemCard({ item, compact = false }: MarketplaceItemCa
                   </Badge>
                 )}
                 <TrustBadge pubkey={item.pubkey} size="sm" showLabel={false} />
+                {sellerIssuesPasses && (
+                  <Badge
+                    variant="outline"
+                    className="text-xs border-[#ccff00]/50 text-[#ccff00] bg-[#ccff00]/10 gap-1"
+                    title={t('venueAccess.sellerHint')}
+                  >
+                    🎟️ {t('venueAccess.badge')}
+                  </Badge>
+                )}
               </div>
             </div>
 
diff --git a/src/components/SpotCard.tsx b/src/components/SpotCard.tsx
index 58935da..4bd9a6e 100644
--- a/src/components/SpotCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SpotCard.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { MapPin, Store, Bookmark, MoreVertical, Flag } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useAuthor } from '@/hooks/useAuthor';
 import { useCurrentUser } from '@/hooks/useCurrentUser';
+import { useVenuesWithPasses } from '@/hooks/useRiderCard';
 import { genUserName } from '@/lib/genUserName';
 import { ZapButton } from '@/components/ZapButton';
 import { TrustBadge } from '@/components/TrustBadge';
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import { AddToCollectionDialog } from '@/components/AddToCollectionDialog';
 import { ReportDialog } from '@/components/ReportDialog';
 import { SpotStatusBadge } from '@/components/SpotStatusBadge';
 import type { SkateSpot } from '@/lib/types';
-import { SPOT_TYPE_LABELS, ACCESS_TYPE_INFO, SHELTER_INFO } from '@/lib/types';
+import { SPOT_TYPE_LABELS, ACCESS_TYPE_INFO, SHELTER_INFO, SKATE_SHOP_KIND } from '@/lib/types';
 import type { AggregatedSpotStatus } from '@/hooks/useSpotStatus';
 import { useTranslation } from '@/contexts/language';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ export function SpotCard({ spot, status }: SpotCardProps) {
   const isOwner = user?.pubkey === spot.pubkey;
   const route = isShop ? `/shop/${spot.pubkey}/${spot.identifier}` : `/spot/${spot.pubkey}/${spot.identifier}`;
 
+  // Shops that actually issue access passes get a badge (one shared, cached query).
+  const { data: passIndex } = useVenuesWithPasses();
+  const hasPasses = isShop && !!passIndex?.coords.has(`${SKATE_SHOP_KIND}:${spot.pubkey}:${spot.identifier}`);
+
   // Dim spots the community has reported as gone/demolished.
   const isGone = status?.status === 'gone';
 
@@ -90,9 +95,16 @@ export function SpotCard({ spot, status }: SpotCardProps) {
           {/* Shop badge or Type badges overlay */}
           <div className="absolute top-3 left-3 flex flex-col gap-1">
             {isShop ? (
-              <Badge className="bg-[#ccff00]/90 text-black backdrop-blur-sm border-2 border-white font-black uppercase text-xs">
-                🏪 {t('mapUi.skateShop')}
-              </Badge>
+              <>
+                <Badge className="bg-[#ccff00]/90 text-black backdrop-blur-sm border-2 border-white font-black uppercase text-xs">
+                  🏪 {t('mapUi.skateShop')}
+                </Badge>
+                {hasPasses && (
+                  <Badge className="bg-white/90 text-black backdrop-blur-sm border-2 border-black font-black uppercase text-[10px]">
+                    🎟️ {t('venueAccess.badge')}
+                  </Badge>
+                )}
+              </>
             ) : (
               <>
                 {spot.accessType && (
diff --git a/src/components/VenueAccessCard.tsx b/src/components/VenueAccessCard.tsx
index 07817e8..04bdc33 100644
--- a/src/components/VenueAccessCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/VenueAccessCard.tsx
@@ -9,22 +9,59 @@ import { useIssuedPasses } from '@/hooks/useRiderCard';
 import { useTranslation } from '@/contexts/language';
 
 /**
- * Owner-only card on a venue page (spot or shop) that surfaces access-pass
- * issuance right where the venue is managed. It links into the card studio with
- * the venue preselected (`/card?venue=<coord>`), and shows how many passes this
- * venue has issued. Renders nothing for non-owners, so no relay query fires.
+ * Venue access passes, rendered on a shop or gated-spot page.
+ *
+ * - Owner: a management card — counts of active/revoked passes for this venue,
+ *   and a link into the card studio with the venue preselected
+ *   (`/card?venue=<coord>`).
+ * - Everyone else: a public hint shown ONLY when the venue actually issues
+ *   passes. It names no holder (passes are public events, but we never list who
+ *   holds one) — just the count and "verified by scanning".
+ *
+ * Renders nothing when there is nothing to say, so a venue that issues no passes
+ * adds no clutter to its page.
  */
 export function VenueAccessCard({ coord, isOwner }: { coord: string; isOwner?: boolean }) {
   const { user } = useCurrentUser();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const { data: passes } = useIssuedPasses(isOwner ? user?.pubkey : undefined);
 
-  if (!isOwner || !user) return null;
+  // Passes are authored by the venue's owner key (issuance is owner-gated), so
+  // querying that pubkey and filtering by the `a` coord is exact.
+  const ownerPubkey = coord.split(':')[1];
+  const { data: passes } = useIssuedPasses(ownerPubkey);
 
   const forVenue = (passes ?? []).filter((p) => p.coord === coord);
   const active = forVenue.filter((p) => p.status !== 'revoked').length;
   const revoked = forVenue.length - active;
 
+  if (!isOwner) {
+    if (active === 0) return null;
+    return (
+      <Card className="bg-black/90 border-2 border-gray-700">
+        <CardContent className="p-5">
+          <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
+            <Ticket className="h-5 w-5 text-[#ccff00] shrink-0 mt-0.5" />
+            <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap mb-1">
+                <h3 className="font-bold text-white uppercase tracking-wide">{t('venueAccess.publicTitle')}</h3>
+                <Badge className="bg-[#ccff00]/15 text-[#ccff00] border-[#ccff00]/40">
+                  {t('venueAccess.active', { count: active })}
+                </Badge>
+              </div>
+              <p className="text-sm text-gray-400">{t('venueAccess.publicDesc')}</p>
+              <p className="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-2 flex items-center gap-1.5">
+                <ScanLine className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" />
+                {t('venueAccess.verifyHint')}
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </CardContent>
+      </Card>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!user) return null;
+
   return (
     <Card className="bg-black/90 border-2 border-gray-700">
       <CardContent className="p-6">
diff --git a/src/hooks/useRiderCard.ts b/src/hooks/useRiderCard.ts
index 74681f6..a2b0eed 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useRiderCard.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useRiderCard.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,52 @@ export function useIssuedPasses(pubkey?: string) {
   });
 }
 
+export interface VenuePassIndex {
+  /** Venue coords (`<kind>:<pubkey>:<d>`) with at least one active pass. */
+  coords: Set<string>;
+  /** Pubkeys that own at least one venue with an active pass. */
+  owners: Set<string>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One cached query for the whole app: which venues currently have active access
+ * passes. Lets a card list badge shops without a relay query per card. A pass is
+ * active unless its newest version carries `status=revoked` (addressable
+ * supersede — the same rule `/verify` and "My passes" use).
+ */
+export function useVenuesWithPasses() {
+  const { querySkateContent, getQueryKeySuffix } = useSkateRelays();
+
+  return useQuery<VenuePassIndex>({
+    queryKey: ['venues-with-passes', getQueryKeySuffix()],
+    staleTime: 120_000,
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(9000);
+      const events = await querySkateContent(
+        [{ kinds: [PARK_ACCESS_CARD_KIND], limit: 500 }],
+        { signal },
+      );
+      const byD = new Map<string, NostrEvent>();
+      for (const ev of events) {
+        const d = ev.tags.find(([n]) => n === 'd')?.[1] ?? ev.id;
+        const cur = byD.get(d);
+        if (!cur || ev.created_at > cur.created_at) byD.set(d, ev);
+      }
+      const coords = new Set<string>();
+      const owners = new Set<string>();
+      for (const ev of byD.values()) {
+        if (ev.tags.find(([n]) => n === 'status')?.[1] === 'revoked') continue;
+        const a = ev.tags.find(([n]) => n === 'a')?.[1];
+        if (!a) continue;
+        coords.add(a);
+        const owner = a.split(':')[1];
+        if (owner) owners.add(owner);
+      }
+      return { coords, owners };
+    },
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Revoke an issued pass: re-publish it under the SAME `d` with `status=revoked`,
  * which supersedes it by addressable replacement (works on every relay, unlike
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.ts b/src/i18n/en.ts
index 122655c..52e757e 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -6520,6 +6520,10 @@ walletUi: {
     revoked: '{{count}} revoked',
     issue: 'Issue a pass',
     verifyHint: 'Verified by scanning — no app or account needed to check.',
+    publicTitle: 'Access passes',
+    publicDesc: 'This venue issues access passes. Scan a rider’s card at the door to verify it.',
+    badge: 'Passes',
+    sellerHint: 'This seller’s venue issues access passes',
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/i18n/es.ts b/src/i18n/es.ts
index 3b38ae5..394d2c2 100644
--- a/src/i18n/es.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/es.ts
@@ -6520,6 +6520,10 @@ walletUi: {
     revoked: '{{count}} revocados',
     issue: 'Emitir un pase',
     verifyHint: 'Se verifica escaneando, sin app ni cuenta.',
+    publicTitle: 'Pases de acceso',
+    publicDesc: 'Este lugar emite pases de acceso. Escanea el carné del rider en la puerta para verificarlo.',
+    badge: 'Pases',
+    sellerHint: 'El local de este vendedor emite pases de acceso',
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/pages/SpotDetailPage.tsx b/src/pages/SpotDetailPage.tsx
index ae35daa..2c65b54 100644
--- a/src/pages/SpotDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/SpotDetailPage.tsx
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ export default function SpotDetailPage() {
               <SpotOwnership spot={spot} />
 
               {/* Owner of a gated venue: issue access passes */}
-              {isOwner && (spot.accessType === 'private' || spot.accessType === 'locals') && (
-                <VenueAccessCard coord={`${SKATE_SPOT_KIND}:${spot.pubkey}:${spot.identifier}`} isOwner={isOwner} />
+              {(spot.accessType === 'private' || spot.accessType === 'locals') && (
+                <VenueAccessCard coord={`${SKATE_SPOT_KIND}:${spot.pubkey}:${spot.identifier}`} isOwner={!!isOwner} />
               )}
 
               {/* Claim Shop Notice */}