It's the headliner effect – and it's not just Chappell Roan.

“This is the worst year,” a young man told me outside Zilker Park. He said he usually comes to the Barton Springs entrance during the Austin City Limits Music Festival and buys a three-day pass from scalpers for $200. On Friday, a reseller wanted $800 for a 3-day pass, he told me.

The price was independently confirmed by this reporter when another scalper said he could sell me a 3-day pass for $850 and a day pass for $400.

(He offered to buy my media bracelet for $400 and said he could offer more if I brought him four.)

Another merchant closer to the entrance was offering a day pass for $350. Over at the west entrance to the park, a gentleman was trying to sell a three-day pass for $1,250.

Five other scalpers told the Austin American-Statesman they had trouble finding bracelets at all. None of them had bands to sell before 3 p.m. They were cautious about the price.

Sunday was expected to be unusually expensive for pop star Chappell Roan.

Another man offered to walk me in for $200. “I don’t care if you have five people with you,” he said. “Don’t worry about how.”

Resales from the Blink-182 reunion show last year were $1,000

The inflated prices make sense. Reselling tickets to last summer's Blink-182 reunion show at the Moody Center rose to $1,000 via the SeatGeek app. Now the band is playing on the Honda stage – and Zilker Park is practically one big dance floor.

Notable: Live Nation, which books ACL, and its subsidiary Ticketmaster have been accused of acting as a monopolist. The conglomerate exerts great influence on the concert ticket purchasing process. The US Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster.

Scalping business is booming on Barton Springs Road.

“Go to the bar this week. Save a lot of money next week,” a reseller told me down at the Chevron gas station on Barton Springs Road. “He had no bracelets left.

“I’ve never seen anything like it.”

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: ACL Fest tickets are resold for up to $800 for a 3-day pass