I am looking to get some input from other users on the benefits of server-side MVC. With the power of many javascript libraries. What good purpose does server-side MVC server
I think that MVC is a great pattern for simple web applications. However it doesn't really help when building modern and rich web applications like Facebook or Gmail. Take a look at this post for more reasons why not to use MVC:
http://dennis-nerush.blogspot.co.il/2016/04/should-we-use-mvc-for-modern-web.html