The President was informed that the football academy plans to train up to 1,000 children from 5 to 12 years old.
"Footlab" is an interactive football playground for sports fans, family recreation and organisation of tournaments among children and adults.
"Footlab Almaty is a Portuguese franchise, headquartered in Lisbon. This project was created by famous Portuguese footballers Rui Costa and Cristiano Ronaldo together with the innovative company 7EGEND. Private investment in the project totalled more than 1.5 billion tenge.
The President instructed the responsible authorities to assist in allocating a land plot for the development of the children's sports project and supported the initiative to build a similar football centre in Astana.