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Ashley
Why don't the states put some of our hard earnt money to work and build a hotel, casino, theme park and shopping centre up there. This could actually give tourists something other than the shell gardan to enjoy when they come to our island. When I was a kid it was actually a proper day out up there. There is nothing whatsoever like that for kids in Jersey anymore - they're all left to wonder the streets - hardly syrprising they're bored to tears.How on earth did the states afford to do all that, back in the day? I guess they didn't spunk all their money on ripping up the roads back then?

Bauers
Make it into one giant Roller Disco again!!!!!! also bring back the shark/jaws experience!!!! Why not turn the whole fort into a Vegas style arena, with shops, restaurants, nightclubs, all under one roof! but without the usual suspects and obvious shops.

Richard
You cannot pump money into something that isn't going to work. If money is to be spent on the Fort then you must have a 'game plan' on how to gain the funds back. By doing this you can re-invest within the 'building' without having to go back to the States every 5 minutes. Jersey is famous for 'missing the boat'...a skateboard park, a 50m swimming pool and many other things...all of which would have bought money in....but not now.The facility you have now is good, not great, but good, if you are to improve it then you must dedicate it soley to Sport, not a 'mix and match' premise. A sports academy can be created, for young and old alike. For this to succeed you must have less 'chiefs' and more indians!! The States are to top heavy, if you are top heavy you cannot move on (too many people with too many ideas!) Start simple and grow. And I'd hate to think have much it costs to heat the fort!!! There has to be a way to insulate the areas correctly (for summer and winter!)

J
We missed an opportunity here. After spending many millions on reclaiming land, they could have progressively turned Fort Regent into a shopping mall.There would have been space for a cinema, shops and everything required, also, it may have reprised its role as a fitness centre making people walk a tougher climb up there.With the states being how they are though (pathetic), we know its going to be turned into yet another conference centre/office complex/set of flats that the island just doesn't need.

Blithering Idiot
I used to spend all my time at the Fort when i was a kid in the 80s. It's quite weird going up to the Fort now, because you can even now still see the remnants of what it once was. Parts of the outside still have bits of the outdoor permanent fun fair stuck to the walls untouched. The big arcade rooms are still there, the cafe on the bastions with all the outside seating is still there. There are still some of the old lion signs still there too.

But instead of flowers and a buzzing atmosphere, it's just weeds and empty cans of Harp. You can still even see parts of the cable cars that once took people up to the Fort and the walkway to the old swimming pools there but basically untouched. It's quite depressing really.

I think what started the decline of the Fort was actually getting rid of those cable cars. When they were there you could get to the Fort from town and so it was quite a central part of St Helier. But without them, it does seem quite far out. What Mike Vibert is suggesting with lifts from Snow Hill is exactly what it once had with the cable cars and if something similar were put back, it could be a central part of town once again i feel.

As for the insides, it doesn't need to have the glitz and glamour it once had with the cabaret and everything, it also doesn't need the swimming pools as we're perfectly catered for those. Just things for people, and especially kids to do. Perhaps put the new skate park there. With access from Snow Hill i'm sure it won't be a failure like the last one at the Fort.
Put some life back into the bastions with some nice flowers and places for people to sit, have a rest and stare over town (It's a lovely view). The sports facilities are already great, why not add a bit of general leisure facilities like more arcades, LAN gaming, more improved conference rooms for clubs and better advertising to make people realise these conference rooms exist.

The Fort is a great facility, it just needs a bit of money pumped into it that's all.