Peete, Mooch break in the NFL season at ESPNZone

Can't recommend enough hanging out at the ESPNZone across the street from Staples Center over in LA Live when it comes to watching a live event. The giant screen -- it must be 200 feet wide -- with the other TV screens around it in the main viewing room is something to behold.

Try it out Thursday, for what's been called the "first annual NFL Preview and Kickoff Special," leading up to the Vikings-Saints game at 5:15 p.m. The events starts at 4:30 p.m. with former USC and NFL QB Rodney Peete and former NFL coach and NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci as the hosts and taking questions from the audience.

The ESPNZone will also have a special Cajun special to celebrate the New Orleans flavor of the event: Check out the "Zone Gumbo": Shrimp, sausage, crab, crayfish, chicken and sweet peppers over rice.

And don't forget: Free wireless internet.

There are only two ESPNZone's left: L.A. and Anaheim. More info (linked here)