Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium Money Woes Cause $278 Million Mechanics Lien - Video Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium Money Woes Cause $278 Million Mechanics Lien The Oakland Raiders and The Las Vegas Stadium Authority (which represents Clark County, Nevada) “have a money problem”. Those are the words of an Oakland-based real estate lawyer who did not (yet) want to be named, but said in reaction to the news of the $278 million mechanics lien filed against Clark County Nevada and the Raiders. The mechanics lien was filed by Merrill Steel and the letter reporting it was presented to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority as part of the agenda for the March 21st meeting. Bradley G. Taylor, a Las Vegas attorney for the law firm of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, submitted the mechanics lien on behalf of Wisconsin-based Merrill Steel. My real estate lawyer source said that “filing a mechanics lien is no small thing. It means someone is demanding to be paid for material and services rendered,