Hope you haven’t stashed your Thanksgiving pants too far into the back of your closet because oh, yum, here is a chance to sample 25+ kinds of pizza just three days before the Great Gluttony Event that is the Super Bowl, so it’ll just be that kind of weekend. Nom nom nom.

Pizza Wars 2011 is happening at Proctors Theatre tomorrow (Thursday, February 3rd) from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and over 25 local pizzerias will be offering up samples of their best stuff.

When else are you going to have the chance to sample all the local pizza in one place, while they’re still hot? I still maintain Pope’s in Saratoga Springs boxes up the best pies in the whole wide Capital Region, but to be fair, I haven’t had the chance to compare it to 25 of its local brethren.

Each pizzeria will be competing for the titles of Best Pepperoni, Best Cheese and Best Specialty, which will be decided by visitors, and Best Overall Pizza, which will be decided by a team of judges.

“With Super Bowl just three days later, Pizza Wars 2011 offers the Capital District the chance to sample the best pizza in the area in time for all of the football festivities in the area in time for all of the football festivities on that Sunday,” according to a press release from the event organizer, Townsquare Media (owners of radio stations Country 107, Q103, 105.7 Crush FM, and ESPN 104.5).

Tickets for Pizza Wars 2011 are just $3 per person, and kids 3 and under are free. Tickets will be available at the door.

The press release says there will also be a contest to win a Super Bowl Set-Up, which includes a 32-inch flatscreen TV, a recliner and a Super Bowl party catered by the winning pizzeria.