After Turf Paradise track owner Jerry Simms had locked Gary Hartunian's Skyfall 7 operating crew out of the property last weekend, an arbitrator sided with Skyfall 7 Friday allowing them back into the facility, Hartunian told TDN in a brief call Friday evening.“We've already got the keys,” said Hartunian.While Hartunian and Skyfall 7 are allowed back onto the property, there remain key questions marks over the viability of a Turf Paradise meet that is scheduled to begin Nov. 27 under the tenure of Skyfall 7.In a notice of suspension dated Oct. 16, the Arizona Department of Gaming's director of racing Shannon Nelson ordered the summary suspension of Skyfall's teletrack wagering permit (including for its “off-track betting” facilities), pending a hearing scheduled for Nov. 19.“Facts considered in reaching this finding include that Skyfall: (1) no longer has access to the Turf Paradise Racetrack located at 1501 West Bell Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85023 (the 'Racetrack'); (2) has failed to provide the Arizona Department of Gaming ('Department') with any contingency plan for cashing pari-mutuel tickets; (3) has not demonstrated that it has adequate staff to continue teletrack wagering operations; and (4) directed additional wagering facilities to cease operations once Skyfall lost access to the Racetrack according to Skyfall's Director of Mutuels,” the notice states.Simms turned over management of the track to Hartunian's Skyfall 7 LLC last fall, agreeing to a two-year lease.Earlier this month, it was revealed several key members of the management, including former general manager Tom Ludt, had recently resigned.Then, at a meeting last week of the Arizona Racing Commission, Hartunian under his Skyfall 7 banner was accused of owing Simms and several other vendors millions of dollars in unpaid bills.In terms of re-stocking his operating team, Hartunian described having two new general managers starting Monday morning, though he declined to name the individuals.“There's two of them. They work as a team,” said Hartunian. “They're going to go in there and plug up all the holes that we need plugged up. We got rid of the old regime and it should be better going forward.”Another question mark around the upcoming meet surrounds necessary track inspections by members of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act's (HISA) racetrack safety team.The Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory had planned this week to visit Turf Paradise to conduct a routine inspection of the racing surface, which includes equipment inspections, evaluation of all track surfaces, distance checks between poles and evaluation of rail height and grades.An individual familiar with e situation told the TDN on Wednesday the visit was put on hold pending further developments.Earlier this week, Ludt told the TDN that he and a group of investors including Joey Platts (who owns a 9% interest in Skyfall 7) had gone to Hartunian Sept. 20 with an offer to take over the racing license for the upcoming winter meet.Under that arrangement, said Ludt, Platts would have been the sole owner, and then would have sold shares to a group of investors, maintaining a minority stake himself. Ludt said investors have been identified, but he declined to name them right now.“We gave him a proposal,” said Ludt, about Hartunian. “He came back in writing to our proposal asking for changes. Joey [Platts] agreed to them. We revised the proposal and presented it to him on Sept. 28. He rejected it, and Sept. 30, I resigned.”Ludt said that he and the new group of investors are still willing to operate a meet at Turf Paradise, but first, Hartunian would have to relinquish the race-meet agreement, which has been inked though Skyfall 7.This story will be updated as needed.The post Arbitrator Allows Skyfall 7 Back On Turf Paradise Property, Says Hartunian appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.